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Encyclopedia > Brownie (Girl Guides)

A Brownie is a young person, aged between seven and ten, who is a member of a Guide Association. Originally, like the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Brownies was for girls only; boys were expected to join the Cub Scouts and then the Boy Scouts. Since about 1990 Brownies has been open to both girls and boys in most countries. It has been suggested that Guides on the Air be merged into this article or section. ... A Girl Guide is a girl, usually 11 to 17 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. ... Cub Scouts in uniform from Hong Kong A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young boys normally aged 8–10. ... Polish Boy Scouts fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Boy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys. ...

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History

Brownies were first organized by Lord Baden-Powell in 1914, to complete the range of age groups both for girls and boys in Scouting. They were first run as the youngest group in the Guide Association by Agnes Baden-Powell, Lord Baden-Powell's younger sister. In 1918 Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, took over the responsibility for the Girl Guides and thus for Brownies. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement. ... Agnes Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was younger than her brother Robert Baden-Powell, and at the time she agreed to take over the Girl Guides, this new experience for girls, she was already in her early 50s. ... Olave Baden-Powell as Chief Guide for Britain in 1919 Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell, GBE (February 22, 1889 – 19 June 1977) was born Olave St Clair Soames in Chesterfield, England. ...


Originally the girls were called Rosebuds, but were renamed by Lord Baden-Powell. Their name comes from the story "The Brownies" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, written in 1870. In the story two children, Tommy and Betty, learn that children can be helpful Brownies or lazy boggarts. Juliana Horatia Ewing Mrs. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In Celtic mythology, a boggart (or bogart, bogan, bogle or boggle) is a household spirit, sometimes mischievous, sometimes helpful. ...


Motto, Promise And Law

Australia

The Australian Guiding Promise is:

I promise that I will do my best,
to do my duty to God,
to serve the Queen and my country,
to help other people, and to keep the Guide law.

Canada

In Canada, the Brownie Promise is:

I promise to do my best,
To be true to myself, my God/Faith and Canada,
I will help other people,
And keep the Brownie Law.

Canadian Girl Guides are able to choose to either say the word God or Faith in the promise.


The Canadian Brownie Law is:

As a Brownie I am honest and kind. I help take care of the world around me.

Singapore

The Singaporean Brownie Promise is:

I promise to do my best,
to do my duty to God,
to serve my country,
help other people and to
keep the Brownie Law.

The Singaporean Brownie law is:

a brownie obeys and respect her elders.
a brownie thinks of others before herself.
a brownie tells the truth.
a brownie is neat and tidy.
a brownie is thrifty.
a brownie plays and works cheerfully.

The Singaporean Brownie Moto is: Lend a hand


United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Brownie Promise is:

I promise that I will do my best,
To love my God,
To serve the Queen and my country,
to help other people,
And to keep the Brownie Guide Law.

The Brownie Guide Law is:

A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day.

The Brownie motto used to be Lend a Hand (LAH). With the introduction of the new program in the United Kingdom, the motto was dropped for Brownies.


United States of America

In the United States of America, the Girl Scout Promise is:

On my honor, I will try:
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

Girl Scouts are given a choice of "whatever word your spiritual beliefs dictate" in place of the word God.[1]


See also

Scouting Portal

Image File history File links Scout_logo2. ... A Girl Guide is a girl, usually 11 to 17 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. ... Girlguiding UK is the national Guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. ... The Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA) is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. ... Pax Hill, near Bentley, Hampshire, England, was the family home of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and his wife, Olave, for over twenty years during the 20th century. ... Cub Scouts in uniform from Hong Kong A Cub Scout is a member of the section of the worldwide Scouting movement for young boys normally aged 8–10. ...

External links

  • Girlguiding UK
  • Girl Guides of Canada
  • The Brownies And Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Ewing, 1870, from Project Gutenberg



Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. ...

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Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding around the world It has been suggested that Guides on the Air be merged into this article or section. ... A Rainbow is a girl, typically aged between five and seven, who is a member of the Guide Association, the female form of Scouting. ... A Girl Guide is a girl, usually 11 to 17 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. ... A Ranger or Ranger Guide is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is in her later teens or early twenties. ... Scouting and Guiding organisations are currently divided up into different age groups for the purposes of providing suitable Scouting and Guiding programmes to young people across the world. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Girl Guides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (865 words)
Girl Guides was founded as the female counterpart of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's boys' Scouting movement, in 1910 with the assistance of his sister Agnes Baden-Powell.
In 1914 a junior branch, Brownies of Girl Guides, parallel to Wolf Cubs in Boy Scouts, began.
The Girl Guides were named after the famous corps of guides in India, the Kyber Guides.
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Guides Australia is delighted that four women have been recognised with Australian Honours for the wonderful contributions they have made to Guiding and the lives of so many girls and young women.
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