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Girl Guides

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Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are a Scouting movement found worldwide, originally and still largely designed for girls and women only. [1]

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Agnes Baden-Powell

Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement.

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Antoinette Butte

Antoinette Butte, (July 12, 1898 in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle-30 April 1986 in Pomeyrol, Saint-Étienne-du-Grès, Bouches-du-Rhône, was the French Protestant founder of French Girl Guiding from 1916, then Head of the Pomeyrol Community from 1938.

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Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp

Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp was a displaced persons (DP) camp for refugees after World War II, in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Billycan

A billycan is a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucketFarrell, Michael.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army (IA), often known since 1947 (but rarely during its existence) as the British Indian Army to distinguish it from the current Indian Army, was the principal military of the British Indian Empire before its decommissioning in 1947.

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Brownies

Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in America, Girl Scouts) organization for girls aged seven years old to ten years old.

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Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island (also archaically known as Branksea) is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England.

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Camping

Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent.

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Career

A career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life.

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Citizenship

Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation.

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Corps of Guides (India)

The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army which served on the North West Frontier.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes.

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Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting

A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14.

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Girl Scouts of the USA

Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad.

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Girlguiding

Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom.

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Julie Bentley

Julie Bentley is a British voluntary sector leader and since 2012 has been the Chief Executive of Girlguiding.

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Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927) was the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA.

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Lanyard

A lanyard is a cord or strap worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist to carry such items as keys or identification cards.

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List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members

This is a list of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members.

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Maidenhead

Maidenhead is a large town in Berkshire, England, on the south-western bank of the River Thames.

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Neckerchief

A neckerchief, (from neck (n.) + kerchief) sometimes called a necker, kerchief or scarf is a type of neckwear associated with those working or living outdoors, including farm labourers, cowboys and sailors.

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Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska

Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska (January 9, 1888, Krzeszowice, Poland – January 15, 1979, Zakopane, Poland), with her husband, founded scouting in Poland.

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Physical fitness

Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities.

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Pinkneys Green

Pinkneys Green is a semi-rural, suburban village within the north-western bounds of the town of Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire.

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Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England.

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Rainbows (Girl Guides)

Rainbows is the youngest section of GirlGuiding in the UK.

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Ranger (Girl Guide)

A Ranger or Ranger Guide is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 14 and 25.

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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, author of Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association and founder of the Girl Guides.

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Scout handshake

The left-handed Scout handshake is a formal way of greeting other Scouts of both genders and is used by members of Scout and Guide organizations around the world.

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Scouting

Scouting or the Scout Movement is a movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society, with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills.

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Scouting for Boys

Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908.

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Scouting magazine (The Scout Association)

Scouting magazine is a bi-monthly publication of The Scout Association.

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Siege of Mafeking

The Siege of Mafeking was a 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mahikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900.

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Survival skills

Survival skills are techniques that a person may use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Transgender

Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from their assigned sex.

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Walking stick

A walking stick is a device used to facilitate walking, for fashion, or for defensive reasons.

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World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 150 countries.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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100 Years of Girl Guides

100 Years of Girl Guides is a BBC television documentary.

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1909 Crystal Palace Scout Rally

The Crystal Palace Rally was an historic gathering of Boy Scouts and unofficial "Girl Scouts" at the Crystal Palace in London on Saturday, 4 September 1909.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Guides

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