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Girls
State was organized as a National Americanism
activity by the 1937 National Convention.
A national committee to direct the program
was created by the 1946 National Convention.
Holding of the first Girls Nation with representatives
from each Girls State, to be held in Washington,
D. C. was authorized in 1947.
Girls
State is a practical application of Americanism
and good citizenship. The entire program
is a non-partisan, on-political attempt to teach
and inculcate in the youth of America a love of
God and country.
The
purpose of Girls State is to provide citizenship
training for girls of high school age in every
Department of the American Legion Auxiliary; to
afford them an opportunity to live together as
self-governing citizens; to inform them about
the duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities
of American citizenship, in order that they may
understand and participate in the functioning
of their government; and to help them grasp the
meaning of some of the responsibilities which
they must assume when they become adults. |
