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KERA News The girls of BSA Troop 890 get together for photos after their Eagle Scout Honor ceremony, in Dallas. Roughly a thousand girls across the country have made history this year by becoming some of the first in the nation to earn the rank of Eagle Scout through the Boy Scouts of America. Troop 890, based in Lake Highlands, celebrated a few young women who recently earned their Eagle Scout rank. When the Boy Scouts allowed girls to join the organization two years ago, Emma Duncan knew right away she didn’t just want to be a scout. She wanted to be an Eagle Scout. ....
Shutterstock Even after the Boy Scouts began accepting girls of all ages and levels into their programs a couple of years ago, participation in the Girl Scouts hasn t declined at all. The key has been giving girls a space for girls, built by them, especially when girls already have to participate in many mixed-gender spaces to begin with. Next week, some of the first girls in the country will earn the designation of Eagle Scout the highest rank in the Scouts BSA. It comes just over two years after girls were able to join the organization at all levels of scouting. ....