Who invented samoas

She was also my grandmother. Knowing my grandmother, whom we called "Angel," I can say this: Today, Ethel Jennings Newton would be ashamed of the destruction her inventiveness is causing in the lives of those powerless to stop it. She would oppose the use of palm oil in Girl Scout cookies -- a degradation of the product, by the way, as they originally called for butter -- because the cultivation and export of palm oil is destroying rainforests in Southeast Asia and the lives of girls in those countries.

She would abhor the fact that girls "overseas," as she would have put it, are made to suffer in poverty to benefit their American counterparts.

Certainly, she would stand with Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen , two dedicated young girls from Michigan who are asking the Girl Scouts to rid Thin Mints, Trefoils and other beloved cookies of this harmful ingredient. I have signed onto their campaign on Change. I wish my grandmother were here to join me in demanding that Girl Scouts CEO Kathy Cloninger to do better than inexplicably claim her organization--one that promotes girls' empowerment -- is itself powerless to better this situation.

Ethel Jennings Newton was never powerless. She grew up poor and proud on the prairie in the Midwest, and attended the University of Chicago on scholarship at the beginning of the 20th century, when few women were accepted into higher education. Interested in expanding knowledge of the world, she pioneered a new method for teaching social studies. At the same time, knowing the privations of poverty, she was drawn to volunteer at Jane Addams' Hull House in Chicago as a social worker before such an occupation existed.

After leaving her job to volunteer for the Red Cross in France during World War I, she rose quickly to the highest rank of colonel. There, her young chauffeur, a young and charming private named Swift Newton, entertained her, admired her and -- though 7 years younger and a good 3-inches shorter -- eventually married her.

It was he who gave her the name she bore until her death: "Angel. And in New Jersey, the south has Shortbreads while it's Trefoils in the north. While the Girl Guides of Canada were established two years before the Girl Scouts, they began selling cookies later, in In the spring they offer "classic chocolate and vanilla cookies," and in the fall, their version of Thin Mints: Chocolately Mint cookies. Samoas, second in sales only to the iconic Thin Mints, were added to the Little Brownie cookie line in One popular theory is the coconut connection.

Of the island Samoa's top exports, number eight is coconut oil while number 15 is coconuts, brazil nuts, and cashews. The trefoil is also the emblem of both the Girl Scouts of the U. For the Girl Scouts, the three leaves stand for a three-fold promise: "to serve God and my country, to help people at all times, and to live by the Girl Scout law. A rather less wholesome back story lies behind the Savannah Smiles cookie—or at least the name.

The crisp lemon cookie shaped like a smile was introduced in to commemorate the year anniversary of the very first Girl Scouts meeting, which was held in in Savannah, Georgia. If the name Savannah Smiles sounds familiar, that's because it was a family-friendly movie about an unhappy little girl named Savannah who runs away from home, but in the end is happily reunited with her mother.

However, the actress who played Savannah, Bridgette Andersen , didn't have such a happy ending; she died of an apparent drug overdose at age Biking Holiday. Books to Read. First Aid Kit Essentials. Fishing in Samoa. Island vs Island. How to Cook an Umu. History of Samoa. Samoa Wildlife. Top 10 Things to Do. Walking in Samoa. Waterfalls in Samoa. Getting Married. Luxury Holidays. Samoan History Samoa has a long and fascinating history spanning more than 3, years.

Samoan mythology and legends say they descended from the gods and heavens to inhabit these islands.