About 1,000 girls become the first female Eagle Scouts

Becoming an Eagle Scout is a rare honor. But not only do they, but a scout has to be won. Two years later the girls were first allowed to enter the Boy Scouts, nearly 1,000 of them rose to the top rank of Eagle Scout.

CBS News spoke with some of the first young women to be called Eagle Scouts.

“I don’t think any of us really believed that day would come,” Kendall Jackson said. “For me to be part of this first class and say I did, I’m very proud of myself.”

Only 6% of explorers reach the top. At least 21 badges of merit, a great service project and a commitment to leadership are needed. Some of the girls proved that they were just as capable of doing everything the boys could achieve.

“When I was a little girl, when I got into leadership positions I was often called a commander, a terrible thing to say to any young person stepping up and trying to help a group. Scouting taught me to be a great leader,” he said. Isabella Tunney.

For many of these young women, Scouting is part of their story.

“My brother’s Eagle, my grandfather and his brother are Eagle, my great-grandfather, if they hadn’t been summoned to go to World War II, I would have gotten their Eagle,” Gabby Mayrend said.

On Sunday, scouts held an online ceremony to welcome the new group of female models.

“Eagle Scout is so much more than a medal or an award. It’s an expectation and a lifestyle. It means you’re a role model in your community every day of your life. Once an eagle, always an eagle,” he said. Lyndsey Nedrow, who graduated with her sister, Lauren.

“Everyone who’s in Scouts has a little bit of‘ I want to change the world, ’” Lauren Nedrow said.