Breanna Carter, 11, wants to be a dance teacher or a lawyer or maybe a judge. But one thing she knows for sure is that being a Girl Scout is going to help her become a leader in whatever she does.
“You learn so much in Girl Scouts,” Breanna said. “It just helps you.”
Breanna attended a meeting today at the headquarters for Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana during which results of a nation-wide study on girls and leadership were reported.
More than half of the girls surveyed said they don’t aspire to be leaders, in part turned off by the traditional idea that leadership is based in power and control.
Instead, 68 percent of girls said they want to be leaders who stand up for their beliefs and values. And 59 percent say they want to be someone who tries to change the world for the better.
While boys and girls share similar ideas about leadership, the survey shows that they are motivated by different things. More girls say they want to be leaders to help other people or better the world, while boys are more likely to want to be leaders so they can be their own bosses or make more money.
