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Baden-Powell, Agnes

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association with Robert Baden-Powell

In Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
…year he and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell (1858–1945) founded the Girl Guides. His wife, Olave, Lady Baden-Powell (1889–1977), also did much to promote the Girl Guides. In 1916 he organized the Wolf Cubs in Great Britain (known as Cub Scouts in the United States) for boys under the age of…
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history of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

In Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
…Lord) Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell founded the Girl Guides in Great Britain in 1910 in response to the requests of girls who were interested in the Boy Scout movement established by Robert in 1908. In 1912 Juliette Gordon Low founded a Girl Guide organization in the United States,…
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