Career
They were to have five children. He died in 1962. In 1915, at the request of Juliette Low, she started working with the new troop in Pleasantville. In 1916 she became a national vice president for the Girl Scouts, and in 1920 she became the second president, succeeding Juliette Low.
She attended her last international conference in Tokyo in 1966 and died the following year at the age of 80 in her home in New New York
Very active even in her old age, she was horseback riding almost daily until breaking her clavicle in a riding accident about four months before her death. She was also interested in historic preservation which she combined with Scouting when she successfully worked to preserve Juliette Low"s birthplace in Savannah, Georgia.
"Scouting is more than just play, it builds health, a sense of social responsibility, democracy, character, through the teachings of generosity, initiative, reliability, loyalty, self-control, cheerfulness, obedience, usefulness and thrift.".