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Princess Mary and Girl Guides, 1922. Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell was a British soldier during the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902). He was the commander during the Siege of Mafeking, and noted during the siege how young boys made themselves useful by carrying messages for the soldiers.
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. Robert Baden-Powell chose to name his organization for girls "the Girl Guides". In the United States and several East Asian countries the term "Girl Scout" is used instead.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS / w æ ɡ z /) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. Established in 1928 in Parád , Hungary , the organization now has its headquarters in London , United Kingdom .
Angela Thompson [a] (28 August 1896 – 24 November 1954) was a Girl Guide Association (GGA) executive. She was the first chair of the GGA's religious panel, and international head of camping during WWII. [2] She received the Silver Fish Award, the Girl Guiding movement's highest adult honour. [3]
Guiding began in the UK in 1910, when Robert Baden-Powell, founder of The Scout Association, established a separate organisation for girls. [20] The Guide Association was a founding member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1928. [21] Girlguiding is supported by around 100,000 volunteers. [22]
Lesotho Girl Guides Association: full 6,172 1978 1925 girls-only Liberia: Liberian Girl Guides Association: full 7,297 1928/1966 1920 girls-only Libya: Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement: full 4,500 1966 1958 both Liechtenstein: Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins: full 331 1948 1932 both Lithuania: Lietuvos skaučių seserija ...
The 33rd World Conference logo combined the WAGGGS logo and the South African Guides chosen pattern. [7] The Girl Guides Association of South Africa wanted to portray their African dream and the sense of unity of all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Ten lines within the logo symbolise the ten Laws shared by Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Girl Guide Cookies are a tradition in Canada and were first baked in 1927 by a Guide leader, Christina Riepsamen, in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were sold door-to-door, with a bag of 12 cookies costing 10 cents (equivalent to CA$1.73 today), for the purpose of earning passenger rail fares for a camping trip to a lake.