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Lord Robert BadenPowell in England in the early 1900s.
Brownies were started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell as the youngest level of Girl Guides in 1914.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell chose the name Girl Guides after the famous corps of guides in India who were "distinguished for their general handiness and resourcefulness under difficulties, and their keenness and courage…"
Lord Robert Baden-Powell chose the name Girl Guides after the famous corps of guides in India who were "distinguished for their general handiness and resourcefulness under difficulties, and their keenness and courage…"
Lord Robert Baden-Powell and his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, founded Girl Guides in the United Kingdom in 1910.
The male organization is Scouts (or Boy Scouts), first started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell in 1908 in the United Kingdom. Since girls also wanted to be Scouts, Lord Robert Baden-Powell and his sister, Agnes, founded Girl Guides in 1910.
Brownies were started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell as the youngest level of Girl Guides in 1914.
The founder of Girl Guides is Agnes Baden-Powell, the elder sister of the founder of Boy Scouts, Lord Robert Baden-Powell. When Boy Scouts really caught on and girls showed interest in joining, Robert asked Agnes to start a Scout-like program for girls.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell started the Scouting Movement in 1908 in the United Kingdom. He felt that girls should have their own organization, so Robert Baden-Powell chose the name "Girl Guides" and thought that an organization for girls should be run by women so he asked his elder sister, Agnes, to help and, in 1910, the Girl Guide movement was formally founded.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell started the Rosebuds as part of the Girl Guides organization as the group for ages 8 to 10. Becasue the girls did not like the name 'Rosebuds', he changed it to 'Brownies'.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell created the scouts and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell was in charge of Girl Guides.
Brownies were first organized by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914 as the youngest group of the Girl Guide Association. They were originally called "Rosebuds" but the girls did not like that name, so Lord Baden-Powell changed the name to "Brownies".