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Girl Peace Scouts: a prophylactic against hoydenish romps

The Girl Peace Scout movement was developed in New Zealand by Lieutenant Colonel David Cossgrove and his wife Selina in 1908, in response to his daughter Muriel’s request for a scouting organisation for girls. Based in Christchurch, Cossgrove had been responsible for translating Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys into aRead more

2014-08-12
By: Claire Regnault
On: 12 Aug 2014
In: History, Photography

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