Huntley teen 1 of 3 females to earn Eagle Badge in McHenry County

Huntley teen 1 of 3 females to earn Eagle Badge in McHenry County

As a child, Shirley Stockwell of Huntley was told she could never earn an Eagle Badge like her older brother.They laughed when she was 8 years old and made such a declaration. People told her, “Oh, aren’t you cute,” she and her mother, Diana Stockwell, recalled.“She now is a leader,” Diana Stockwell said.On Feb. 1, 2019, after the Boy Scouts of America changed its rules to allow girls to be Scouts, the then-14-year-old Shirley Stockwell signed u…