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Scout's honor
Girls get their own BSA troop in Monroe
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Kira Schmidt, 11, Monroe, Baily Brown, 11, Darlington, and Emarie Fritzenmeier, 10, Monroe, practice the 4-handed seat, a technique used to carry an injured person, at their first Scouts BSA meeting at Abe Lincoln April 1. - photo by Marissa Weiher
Girls are now able to join the Boy Scouts of America in Monroe, with one caveat; they are separated from their male counterparts and sequestered into their own group. The meeting was even split in two, with the girls in one room and the boys in another.