Lincoln teen turns Girl Scout Gold into action

Lucy Dwyer (fourth from left) and other honorees at the Leading Women Awards Breakfast hosted by Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

Lucy Dwyer, a senior at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award (Girl Scouting’s highest honor) for her work developing an age-appropriate curriculum on menstrual cycles and self-care for fourth-graders to prepare those who experience menstruation sooner than expected.

Lucy was honored in March for her outstanding Gold Award project. She was chosen as one of three teen panelists and award recipients for the Leading Women Awards at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.  

Lucy’s Leading Women presentation led to her next opportunity; she was a featured speaker at a Mass NOW event at Boston Public Library in support of the “I AM” bill to promote equitable availability of feminine products to all menstruators, regardless of their ability to pay for them. This bill has passed the state Senate unanimously, but the House has yet to bring it to a vote. Lucy’s voice will encourage House members to increase access to disposable menstrual products in prisons, homeless shelters and public schools.