The Silver Fawn - The Virtual Cub Scout Leader's Handbook

THE SILVER FAWN MEDAL

Silver Fawn History

WOMEN ARE FINALLY RECOGNIZED
The seventies brought a greatly expanded role for women in Cub Scouting. In 1972, 38 den leader coaches were invited to the first Den Leader Coach Conference at the Schiff Scout Reservation in Mendham, N.J. The following year several previously all-male positions at the local council level were opened to women. Henceforth, women could serve in virtually all positions except Cubmaster, Webelos den leader, and the assistant roles of those positions. Three years later, the restriction against women Cubmasters was removed. By this action, Cub Scouting advanced a long way from the early days concerning the role of women in the movement.
(......women were also receiving more recognition for their service.)

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A SHORT-LIVED RECOGNITION

In 1969, a study was conducted by the BSA on the subject, "Awards for Women." One of the results of this study was the creation of the "Silver Fawn Medal." It was introduced in 1971 for use at the council level and was designed to be the women's equivalent of the Silver Beaver Award, which since 1931 had gone to male Scouters who had made outstanding contributions to Scouting at the local council level.

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TYPE I SILVER FAWN
Introduced: 1971
Discontinued: 1974
Description: A solid silver mule deer fawn in a 'seated' posture suspended from a green and white ribbon. The silver fawn is approximately 1.25" wide and .75" high. The ribbon is 1" wide x 20" long and is equally divided into green and white colored fields.
Additional Information: Elizabeth Augustus Knight, Madorie Meriweather Post, and Ann W Nally were the first "Fawns" of record. In 1971, 382 Silver Fawn awards were presented. During the next 2 years, 1,634 Silver Fawn awards were presented. In 1974 BSA discontinued their use after presenting 439 awards in the first 6 months of that year. A total of 2,455 Silver Fawns were given to outstanding women Cub Scouters before the award was discontinued in 1974. After that, women Cub Scouters received the Silver Beaver along with their male counterparts.

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