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| | Girl Scouts Timeline: 1940s |
 | | During the war, Girl Scouts operated bicycle courier services, invested more than 48,000 hours in Farm Aide projects, collected fat and scrap metal, and grew Victory Gardens. |
 | | A publication, Senior Girl Scouting in Wartime, was created to encourage older girls to perform war-related service projects, like Hospital, Child Care, and Emergency Outdoor Aide. |
 | | Girl Scouts sponsored Defense Institutes, which taught 10,000 women survival skills and techniques for comforting children during flouts and air raids. |
| www.girlscouts.org /who_we_are/history/timeline/1940s.asp (202 words) |
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