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Helen D. Gardner
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  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing (30 July 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1445600102
  • ISBN-13: 978-1445600109
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 146,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In 1909 Sir Robert Baden-Powell's rally of boy scouts at the crystal palace was joined by 2,000 'Girl Scouts'. In an age where single sex education and heavy chaperoning until marriage was the norm, Sir Robert Baden-Powell recognised that a separate organisation for girls was necessary, and his sister 'Agnes was seen to be the person to lead it'. Agnes Baden-Powell, The story of the first Girl Guide is the first ever biography of the extraordinary, and often overlooked, creator of the guiding movement. From her early years, growing up with her brothers and partaking in many boyish activities, Agnes Baden-Powell had all the hallmarks of a Scout. A woman of remarkable energy and drive, she was already in her fifties and caring for her elderly mother when she agreed take the lead role in the development of the Girl Guides. Interspersed with the recollections of those who met her, Agnes Baden-Powell, The story of the first Girl Guide presents the vivid and fascinating history of a life riddled with challenges. Combining Agnes' personal history with a rich and detailed account of the foundation and development of the Guiding movement, The story first Girl Guide will prove an invigorating read to those within the guiding movement and to the general reader.

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Helen D. Gardner is a Methodist Minister who lives in retirement on the Suffolk coast but is still busy on most Sundays. She has been in Guiding since the age of seven and has been variously a Guide Captain and Chaplain to the Anglia Region Trefoil Guild. Nowadays she enjoys being a fairly laid back member of the Trefoil Guild, as well as of the Scout and Guide Graduate Association.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Grand Nephew of the First Girl Guide, 25 Sep 2010
This review is from: Agnes Baden-Powell: The Story of the First Girl Guide (Hardcover)
Agnes Baden-Powell was my Great Aunt and I have known the author Helen Gardner for many years. When asked if I would assist with this project I did so willingly because this was an untold story that needed to be told. Because this year is the Centenary of the Girl Guide Movement the publication of this important story is timely.

The author with her significant Scouting and Guiding experience and general background, is well qualified to have written this account of how Agnes with her brother Robert started a movement for women that has become world wide with a membership believed to exceed some 10 million.

Helen Gardner is to be warmly congratulated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Done, 22 Feb 2011
This review is from: Agnes Baden-Powell: The Story of the First Girl Guide (Hardcover)
I just received this book and have spent most of the afternoon skimming through it. Very well done in my humble opinion. Growing up a Girl Scout in the USA, I had heard about Agnes Baden-Powell, but she is only one line and then on to World Chief Guide Olave Baden-Powell. I wondered about the remarkable woman that first pulled the rag-tag young and unofficial "girl" Scouts into the Girl Guides and with many other ladies, like Mrs. Juliette Gordon-Low, started a world-wide sisterhood.

Happy World Thinking Day!
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