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It was founded as the female version of Lord Robert Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts, in 1910 with the assistance of his sister Agnes Baden-Powell. In September, 1908, a number of girls had turned up to the first Scout Rally at the Crystal Palace, calling themselves Girl Scouts. Lord Baden-Powell set up the Girl Guides as a parallel movement for them, run by his sister Agnes Baden-Powell. While Agnes played a major role until her death, Lord Baden-Powell's wife, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, became Chief Guide of England in 1918, and World Chief Guide in 1930.
200px Polish Girl Guides by the Monument to Small Partisan in WarsawWarsaw ( Polish: see also other names in full The Capital City of Warsaw Polish: Miasto Stoleczne Warszawa is the capital of Poland and its largest city. It is located on the Vistula river roughly 350 km from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian M
The Girl Guides were named after the famous corps of guides in IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy.. Baden-Powell thought that to call them Scouts might alienate the boys, not to mention the girls' parents!
The Girl Guides in the Uk are officially "The Guide Association" and go under the operating name of "Girlguiding UK" Although scouts in the UK can now accept girls,(new units must be open to both sexes but units established before being open to girls retain the right to choose whether or not to accept girls) this has not affected the numbers of girls joining Girlguiding UK - At present 1 in three eight year old girls in the UK are currently a Brownie and 50% of UK women have been involved with Girlguiding at some point in their lives.
In Britain, the age ranges are Rainbow Guides(5-7), followed by the Brownie Guides aged(7-10) BrowniesFor additional meanings of the word Brownies see Brownie (disambiguation The name was adopted for the female version of Cub Scouts Youth organization in Britain, i. the younger version of Girl Guides. Brownie packs are divided into subgroups of about six; Then there are the Guides aged (10-14), and girls ages 14-25 guides become Young Leaders or Rangers (the former concentrating more on becoming a leader, the latter more on advanced guide activities) both of which form the senior section. In Canada, the Guides are divided into multiple programmes depending on age: Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders.
Guides have come a long way since they were founded after the crystal palace rally and the new programmes for all sections reflect modern values and interests. Although many still see Guides as being outdated the organisation currently has around 50,000 girls on its waiting lists, showing that the problems reside not in attracting the girls but in persuading adults to give up their time. Girl Guiding UK is a charitable organisation and adult leaders are not paid for their time.
Further details and history of the Girl Guides can be found in the article on ScoutingFor professional sport scouts, see Scout (sport). Scouting is a world-wide youth organization. Its aim is to develop young people physically, spiritually and mentally through non-formal education with emphasis on practical activities in the outdoors so th.