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In September 1909, a number of girls turned up to the first Scout Rally at the Crystal Palace, calling themselves Girl Scouts.<ref name="palacebp">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1997 | url = http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-pix76.htm | title = Baden-Powell and the Crystal Palace Rally | format = | work = Baden-Powell Photo Gallery | publisher = Pinetree web| accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> This was a turning point for girls in Scouting: Baden-Powell accepted that girls were going to be involved in Scouting. In the October issue of ''Boy Scout Headquaters Gazette'', a monthly newspaper for scoutmasters, an instruction appeared that all applications for membership for Girl Scouts or Girl Guides should be sent directly to headquarters, as arrangements were being made for them. A month later, in the same publication, ''The Scheme for Girl Guides'' was published. Baden-Powell knew that the girls needed a separate organisation if it were to be successful and if it were not to prejudice the success of the Boy Scout movement. The Girl Guides were named after the famous corps of guides in India, the [[Khyber Guides]]. Many girls in the UK who had been Girl Scouts were suspicious of these new developments but were persuaded to accept them.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite book| last =Kerr | first =Rose | authorlink= Rose Kerr | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London}}</ref> | In September 1909, a number of girls turned up to the first Scout Rally at the Crystal Palace, calling themselves Girl Scouts.<ref name="palacebp">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1997 | url = http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-pix76.htm | title = Baden-Powell and the Crystal Palace Rally | format = | work = Baden-Powell Photo Gallery | publisher = Pinetree web| accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> This was a turning point for girls in Scouting: Baden-Powell accepted that girls were going to be involved in Scouting. In the October issue of ''Boy Scout Headquaters Gazette'', a monthly newspaper for scoutmasters, an instruction appeared that all applications for membership for Girl Scouts or Girl Guides should be sent directly to headquarters, as arrangements were being made for them. A month later, in the same publication, ''The Scheme for Girl Guides'' was published. Baden-Powell knew that the girls needed a separate organisation if it were to be successful and if it were not to prejudice the success of the Boy Scout movement. The Girl Guides were named after the famous corps of guides in India, the [[Khyber Guides]]. Many girls in the UK who had been Girl Scouts were suspicious of these new developments but were persuaded to accept them.<ref name="Kerr">{{cite book| last =Kerr | first =Rose | authorlink= Rose Kerr | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London}}</ref> | ||
In 1910 Baden-Powell set up the Girl Guides as a parallel [[female]] movement, run by his sister [[Agnes Baden-Powell]].<ref name="palacegs">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1997 | url = http://www.msc.edu.ph/gsp/histo1.html | title = History of the Girl Scouts Movement | format = | work = | publisher = Girl Scouts of the Philippines| accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> She had to overcome a lot of prejudice against Guiding at that time. Many people thought that it would turn girls into tomboys, although as the Rev W. T. Money in | In 1910 Baden-Powell set up the Girl Guides as a parallel [[female]] movement, run by his sister [[Agnes Baden-Powell]].<ref name="palacegs">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1997 | url = http://www.msc.edu.ph/gsp/histo1.html | title = History of the Girl Scouts Movement | format = | work = | publisher = Girl Scouts of the Philippines| accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> She had to overcome a lot of prejudice against Guiding at that time. Many people thought that it would turn girls into tomboys, although as the Rev W. T. Money in Greenwich, London wrote in a report of 1910: | ||
<blockquote>A troop of B-P Girl Guides was only started recently. I know many who read this will shake their heads and say 'No earthly good; it will make the girls tomboys'. Well, the girls about here are already that. But to clear up a misconception, may I say that the Girl Guides are quite distinct from the so-called Girl Scouts, or for that matter, the Boy Scouts.<ref name="Kerr"/></blockquote> | <blockquote>A troop of B-P Girl Guides was only started recently. I know many who read this will shake their heads and say 'No earthly good; it will make the girls tomboys'. Well, the girls about here are already that. But to clear up a misconception, may I say that the Girl Guides are quite distinct from the so-called Girl Scouts, or for that matter, the Boy Scouts.<ref name="Kerr"/></blockquote> | ||
