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*"Our method of training is to educate from within rather than to instruct from without; to offer games and activities which, while being attractive to the girl, will seriously educate her morally, mentally and physically." | *"Our method of training is to educate from within rather than to instruct from without; to offer games and activities which, while being attractive to the girl, will seriously educate her morally, mentally and physically." | ||
Many Girl Guides and Girl Scouts end up becoming leading politicians, writers, businesswomen, and leaders. Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] (United States Senate), the Rt. Hon Dr. [[Mo Mowlam|Marjorie Mowlam]] MP (politician in the United Kingdom), [[Roberta Bondar]] Ph.D., MD (first | Many Girl Guides and Girl Scouts end up becoming leading politicians, writers, businesswomen, and leaders. Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] (United States Senate), the Rt. Hon Dr. [[Mo Mowlam|Marjorie Mowlam]] MP (politician in the United Kingdom), [[Roberta Bondar]] Ph.D., MD (first Canadian woman [[astronaut]]), and Betty Okwir (leading politician in [[Uganda]]) are just a few former and current Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. | ||
In 1965, Dame [[Leslie Whateley]] of the then-''Girl Guides World Bureau'' was awarded the [[Bronze Wolf]], the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. | In 1965, Dame [[Leslie Whateley]] of the then-''Girl Guides World Bureau'' was awarded the [[Bronze Wolf]], the only distinction of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]], awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. | ||