Camp Fire Girl

American  

noun

1. a girl who is a member of Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire Boys and Girls of America, a national organization of young people with the aim of building self-esteem, promoting a healthy lifestyle, developing character, and teaching leadership skills.

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Etymology

Origin of Camp Fire Girl

First recorded in 1910–15

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Camp Fire Girl

Joseph Krenwinkel, 59, a stocky life insurance agent from Inglewood, described his daughter as a gentle child who loved animals, was once a Camp Fire Girl, sang in church choirs and attended summer Bible school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jane Van Houten told much the same story about her daughter Leslie, a Camp Fire Girl, who took up the sousaphone in the sixth grade, was a homecoming princess at Monrovia High School.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then she added, “Tell me what I must do to become a Camp Fire Girl like yourselves.”

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

She vowed to herself that she would give her mother no peace until she—Sadie—was a really truly Camp Fire Girl like these.

From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston

Ethel looked at Kate and they smiled over the change that had taken place since the day Kate wished to explain to her aunt what the Camp Fire Girl was.

From Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl by Irene Elliott Benson

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