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Girl Guides
Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts[disputed – discuss][citation needed] in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom, following which, similar girl-only organisations were formed in other countries. Many girls and some organisations preferred to use the name Girl Scouts.
Following the popular spread of the Scout Movement, girls joined with Boy Scouts or formed themselves into patrols of "Girl Scouts". Many Girl Scouts registered with the Boy Scout headquarters. In 1909, there was a Boy Scout rally at Crystal Palace in London. Among the thousands of Scouts at the rally were several hundred Girl Scouts, including a group of girls from Peckham Rye who did not have tickets to the event and asked to be allowed to join-in.
However, at that time, camping and hiking were not common or widely accepted activities for girls, as indicated from an excerpt from The Boy Scouts Headquarters Gazette of 1909: "If a girl is not allowed to run, or even hurry, to swim, ride a bike, or raise her arms above her head, how can she become a Scout?" Following negative publicity about girls joining-in the Scout Movement in The Spectator magazine, Robert Baden-Powell had his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, form a separate organisation for girls in 1910, The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. Baden-Powell named Girl Guides after the British Indian Army Corps of Guides. The first Girl Guide company to be registered was 1st Pinkneys Green Guides (Miss Baden-Powell's Own), which still exist in Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Guides of America. Similar girl-only organisations were formed in other countries.
Other influential women in the history of the Girl Guides were Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska in Poland and Antoinette Butte in France.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) was formed in 1928 and has member organisations in 153 countries.
Some Girl Guide organisations later opened participation to boys and others merged with Boy Scout organisations.
The Guide International Service (GIS) was set up by the Girl Guides Association in Britain in 1942 with the aim of sending teams of adult Girl Guides into Europe after World War II to aid with relief work.
A total of 198 Guiders and 60 Scout leaders from Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand and Russia served in teams. Service teams went to various parts of occupied Europe, notably Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, while other teams served in Greece, Holland and Malaya.
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Girl Guides
Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts[disputed – discuss][citation needed] in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom, following which, similar girl-only organisations were formed in other countries. Many girls and some organisations preferred to use the name Girl Scouts.
Following the popular spread of the Scout Movement, girls joined with Boy Scouts or formed themselves into patrols of "Girl Scouts". Many Girl Scouts registered with the Boy Scout headquarters. In 1909, there was a Boy Scout rally at Crystal Palace in London. Among the thousands of Scouts at the rally were several hundred Girl Scouts, including a group of girls from Peckham Rye who did not have tickets to the event and asked to be allowed to join-in.
However, at that time, camping and hiking were not common or widely accepted activities for girls, as indicated from an excerpt from The Boy Scouts Headquarters Gazette of 1909: "If a girl is not allowed to run, or even hurry, to swim, ride a bike, or raise her arms above her head, how can she become a Scout?" Following negative publicity about girls joining-in the Scout Movement in The Spectator magazine, Robert Baden-Powell had his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, form a separate organisation for girls in 1910, The Girl Guides Association in the United Kingdom. Baden-Powell named Girl Guides after the British Indian Army Corps of Guides. The first Girl Guide company to be registered was 1st Pinkneys Green Guides (Miss Baden-Powell's Own), which still exist in Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire. In 1912, Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Guides of America. Similar girl-only organisations were formed in other countries.
Other influential women in the history of the Girl Guides were Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska in Poland and Antoinette Butte in France.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) was formed in 1928 and has member organisations in 153 countries.
Some Girl Guide organisations later opened participation to boys and others merged with Boy Scout organisations.
The Guide International Service (GIS) was set up by the Girl Guides Association in Britain in 1942 with the aim of sending teams of adult Girl Guides into Europe after World War II to aid with relief work.
A total of 198 Guiders and 60 Scout leaders from Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand and Russia served in teams. Service teams went to various parts of occupied Europe, notably Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, while other teams served in Greece, Holland and Malaya.
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