Gulick, Charlotte Vetter (1865–1928)
Gulick, Charlotte Vetter (1865–1928)
American cofounder of Camp Fire Girls. Born Charlotte Vetter, Dec 12, 1865, in Oberlin, Ohio; died July 28, 1928, in South Casco, Maine; m. Luther Halsey Gulick, 1887 (died 1918); children: Louise (1888–1941), Frances (1891–1936), Charlotte (1892–1909), Katherine (1895–1968), Luther (b. 1897, died in infancy), and John Halsey (1899–1980).
Established Wohelo (later renamed Luther Gulick Camp), a summer camp for girls in Maine; with husband and William Chauncey Langdon, founded Camp Fire Girls (1910), which was officially incorporated (1912) and by 1913 had more than 60,000 members; established Camp Fire Girls magazine, Wohelo, and served as its 1st editor; served as 1st president of Directors of Girls' Camps.
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