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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.
Eerste Nederlandsche Meisjes Gezellen Vereeniging (First Dutch Girls Companions Society), 1911, first Dutch Girl Guides. The Guide International Service was an organisation set up by the Girl Guides Association in Britain in 1942. Their aim was to send teams of adult Girl Guides to Europe after World War II to aid with relief work.
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]
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]
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (2 C, 51 P) Pages in category "Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting" The following 112 pages are in this category, out of 112 total.
Rose Margaret Guthrie Kerr OBE (née Gough; 28 April 1882 – 12 December 1944) [2] was a British pioneer of the Guiding movement.. She was one of the founders of the Rangers section of Girl Guides and was involved in the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and authored numerous publications on Guiding.
The first World Camp was held at Foxlease in 1924, from July 16 to 24, at the same time as the Third International Conference. Olave Baden-Powell and Olivia Burges formulated the idea in September 1923, during the latter's stay at Pax Hill. The original invitation was for six Guides and one Guider from each country where there were Guides.
100 Years of Girl Guides is a BBC television documentary. It was shown on the digital television station BBC Four on Sunday 16 August 2009 at 21:00. The programme was presented by Dominic West and followed the story of the Girl Guides from its beginnings up to the centenary in September 2009.