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'''Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska''' (b. [[1888-09-01]] in [[Krzeszowice]] - [[1979-01-15]] in [[Zakopane]], [[Poland]]) was one of the founders of [[Scouting]] in [[Poland]]. | '''Olga Drahonowska-Małkowska''' (b. [[1888-09-01]] in [[Krzeszowice]] - [[1979-01-15]] in [[Zakopane]], [[Poland]]) was one of the founders of [[Scouting]] in [[Poland]]. | ||
==3rd [[Lviv|Lwów]] Girl Scout Company== | == 3rd [[Lviv|Lwów]] Girl Scout Company == | ||
Olga Drahonowska was introduced to Scouting by her friend, and later husband, [[Andrzej Małkowski]]. She became Scoutmaster ([[harcmistrzyni]]) of the 3rd Lwów Girl Scout Company (the 1st, 2nd and 4th Companies were Boy Scouts). This consisted of about twenty girls aged between 15 and 20 years. | Olga Drahonowska was introduced to Scouting by her friend, and later husband, [[Andrzej Małkowski]]. She became Scoutmaster ([[harcmistrzyni]]) of the 3rd Lwów Girl Scout Company (the 1st, 2nd and 4th Companies were Boy Scouts). This consisted of about twenty girls aged between 15 and 20 years. | ||
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She married Andrzej Małkowski and they moved from Lwów to [[Zakopane]] to benefit Olga's health. | She married Andrzej Małkowski and they moved from Lwów to [[Zakopane]] to benefit Olga's health. | ||
==[[World War I]]== | == [[World War I]] == | ||
In the summer of [[1914]], her health having recovered, Drahonowska-Małkowska organised the first national camp. Girls (by now renamed [[Girl Guides|Guides]]) from the Russian and German controlled areas of Poland came to the camp under assumed names and false [[passport]]s. One girl turned out to be a [[Espionage|spy]] and was caught looking through Drahonowska-Małkowska's tent for a list of these Guides names. | In the summer of [[1914]], her health having recovered, Drahonowska-Małkowska organised the first national camp. Girls (by now renamed [[Girl Guides|Guides]]) from the Russian and German controlled areas of Poland came to the camp under assumed names and false [[passport]]s. One girl turned out to be a [[Espionage|spy]] and was caught looking through Drahonowska-Małkowska's tent for a list of these Guides names. | ||
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After Andrzej Małkowski had left, there was one Boy Scout troop and one large Guide Company of 300 girls. They paraded each morning in the central square and gave report and took orders from Drahonowska-Małkowska. They took on huge number of tasks including supplementing the postal service, organising a children's home, helping with the harvest and setting up a hospital. | After Andrzej Małkowski had left, there was one Boy Scout troop and one large Guide Company of 300 girls. They paraded each morning in the central square and gave report and took orders from Drahonowska-Małkowska. They took on huge number of tasks including supplementing the postal service, organising a children's home, helping with the harvest and setting up a hospital. | ||
== | == World War II == | ||
At the start of World War II, Drahonowska-Małkowska was running a school using Scouting principles. When war broke out she took them by train to a neutral country. The train was frequently under fire from machine guns mounted on aeroplanes. Drahonowska-Małkowska claimed that the children's Scouting training saved their lives, as when the train was attacked, the children were disciplined enough to obey her order to scatter. This made the children far less easy targets for the gunners than the huddles other passengers formed. | At the start of World War II, Drahonowska-Małkowska was running a school using Scouting principles. When war broke out she took them by train to a neutral country. The train was frequently under fire from machine guns mounted on aeroplanes. Drahonowska-Małkowska claimed that the children's Scouting training saved their lives, as when the train was attacked, the children were disciplined enough to obey her order to scatter. This made the children far less easy targets for the gunners than the huddles other passengers formed. | ||
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When Drahonowska-Małkowska reached the U.K., the Girl Guides Association (now [[Girlguiding UK]]) awarded her their Bronze Cross for Gallantry. | When Drahonowska-Małkowska reached the U.K., the Girl Guides Association (now [[Girlguiding UK]]) awarded her their Bronze Cross for Gallantry. | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*{{cite web| title =ZHP:: About us - Short History | url =http://www.international.zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0047,0005,0001 | accessdate =2006-10-20 }} | *{{cite web| title =ZHP:: About us - Short History | url =http://www.international.zhp.pl/index.php?do=standard&navi=0047,0005,0001 | accessdate =2006-10-20 }} | ||
