Elizabeth A. "Libbie" Lindsay was an American track and field athlete and Girl Scout activist.
Background
She was born in Lyndhurst, New Jersey and was a member of the first graduating class of Lyndhurst High School. She joined Girl Scouts in 1925, at the age of 13, with the encouragement of her father, as her mother, ill and housebound, was unable to supervise her outside of the home.
Career
Her first role in the organization was as a bugler. She competed for the German-American Athletic Club. She set national records at the high school level and took part in the American trials for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but did not make the team, although she did have the opportunity to meet Jesse Owens.
Lindsay remained active in the Girl Scouts for almost nine decades, serving as a troop leader and camp director
During World World War II she led local troops in making supplies for soldiers serving abroad. The local Girl Scout House was named the "Libbie Lindsay House" in her honor in 1991.
By career she worked as a secretary with the Lyndhurst Board of Education.