385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?

Published: July 18, 2019, 3 a.m.

b'They \\u2014 along with a great many other high-achieving women \\u2014 were all once Girl Scouts. So was Sylvia Acevedo. Raised in a poor, immigrant family, she was told that \\u201cgirls like her\\u201d didn\\u2019t go to college. But she did, and then became a rocket scientist and tech executive. Now she\\u2019s C.E.O. of the very organization she credits with shaping her life. Acevedo tells us how the Girl Scouts are trying to stay relevant, why they\\u2019re suing the Boy Scouts, and how they sell so many cookies.'