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Eleanor Roosevelt plants a tree at the Little House for Better Homes Week.
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Bess Truman opens the 1950 cookie season as two scouts give her the first box.
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Mamie Eisenhower accepts cookies from her nieces in 1953.
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Lady Bird Johnson receives two Girl Scouts as a portrait of Lou Hoover hangs in the background.
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Betty Ford attends 40th national convention for Girl Scouts of America.
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Rosalynn Carter stands with Girl Scouts and the president and executive director of the national organization.
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Nancy Reagan makes the girl scout promise as she is invested as honorary national president.
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Barbara Bush attends the 80th anniversary celebration, where she was also the keynote speaker.