"Libbie" Lindsay (October 26, 1912 – March 16, 2013) was an American track and field athlete and Girl Scout activist.
[1] She joined Girl Scouts in 1925, at the age of 13, with the encouragement of her father, as her mother, ill and housebound, was unable to supervise her outside of the home.
[3] She set national records at the high school level and took part in the American trials for the 1936 Summer Olympics, but did not make the team, although she did have the opportunity to meet Jesse Owens.
[2] Lindsay remained active in the Girl Scouts for almost nine decades, serving as a troop leader and camp director.
[2] During World War II she led local troops in making supplies for soldiers serving abroad.