Baden-Powell, Agnes
British scouting leader
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Agnes Baden-Powell was a British leader who co-founded the Girl Guides in 1910 with her brother, Robert Baden-Powell. The Girl Guides is a worldwide scouting movement for girls aged 7 to 18, equivalent to the Girl Scouts in the U.S.. This organization focuses on training girls in good citizenship, conduct, and outdoor activities. Agnes Baden-Powell played a key role in establishing this parallel organization for girls, mirroring the Boy Scouts movement that her brother had founded in 1908.123
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