Julia Cobb Crowell

Julia Cobb Crowell (June 27, 1877 – January 16, 1957),[1] known socially as Mrs. Benedict Crowell, was a clubwoman in Cleveland, Ohio, and an early leader of Girl Scouting in the United States.

Her father was a businessman and banker; her grandfather was Ahira Cobb, a prominent Ohio shipbuilder.

While living in Washington, D.C. in 1920, she was the Commissioner of Girl Scouts in the District of Columbia, and an arts patron.

[3][10][11] Crowell served on the founding board of trustees of the Maternal Health Association of Cleveland,[12] and supported the city's children's hospital.

[13] Julia Cobb married chemical engineer and banker Benedict Crowell in 1904.

A crowd of white girls in Girl Scout uniforms, surrounding an older white woman, a white man in uniforrm, and another white woman in uniform; photographed outdoors, in front of an array of flags
Mrs. Harding , General Pershing , Mrs. Benedict Crowell, at a 1921 gathering of Girl Scouts in Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress