Krista McAuliffe
Girl Scouts Learning Responsibility on a Trip
Carla McAuliffe, "Girl Scouts Learning Responsibility on a Trip," photograph, 2003, _Krista McAuliffe's Collection_, Roswell, GA.
This photo was taken in Valdosta, GA on a Girl Scout trip. On this trip, we learned responsibility by taking care of the horses on the farm. Not only do Girl Scouts and Guides travel in present day, but they also traveled when the organization was founded. Although the Girl Guides were started in Great Britain, the effort soon moved to other countries as well. The Girl Guides provided girls the opportunity to travel and leave their homes. During the World War I Girl Guides were trained as nurses and replaced the Boy Scouts to run messages between offices in the intelligence buildings. They also replaced Boy Scouts as messengers in the censorship offices because girls got into less mischief than the boys. Also during the war, girls picked sphagnum moss for wound dressings, made sandbags for the men at the front, collected and sent out newspapers to the front, made scrapbooks for convalescents, taught English to Belgian refugees, worked in canteens, assisted in the export of tobacco to the troops, and helped distribute leaflets from central government offices to assist recruiting. They provided entertainment for wounded soldiers and their wives and mothers. They also made ammunition boxes, other munitions, and ‘treasure bags’ which were cloth bags that the wounded soldiers could keep their valuables in while in the hospitals. The Guides frequently traveled to the dedications of war shrines or monuments of the dead. Not only did Guides travel abroad helping the war effort, but they also traveled to work outside of the home. They would go to work from 9am to 7pm with little break and would bring home ten shillings per week plus dinner. Not only were they expected to fulfill their work duties, but they were also expected to parade every Monday afternoon on the roof of the Waterloo House, which ties them to the military yet again. Once the World Conferences were created, areas would send girl delegates to the conference to vote on important legislation and then report back to their region. In 1926, the first World Conference in America was held. On April 26th delegates from almost every country in Europe met in London to sail to America for the conference. They all met at Camp Edith Macy in New York. After this conference, Guiding and Scouting began growing throughout the world. By traveling to these conferences and helping soldiers in the war, girls got the chance to travel and meet other Scouts and Guides from other countries. They no longer were confined to the feminist roles they once were and although they were closely watched by their parents, they were allowed to leave the home and work and travel. They were being given more and more responsibility, sometimes even more responsibility than the Boy Scouts.
Richard A. Voeltz, "The Antidote to 'Khaki Fever'? The Expansion of the British Girl Guides during the First World War," _Journal of Contemporary History_ 27 (Oct 1992): 629-630.
Tammy M. Proctor, _Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War_ (New York: New York University Press, 2003), 58-59.
Anne Hyde Choate, _Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts_ (New York: Girl Scouts, Inc., 1928), 227-228.
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Girl Scouts Learning Responsibility on a Trip
Carla McAuliffe, "Girl Scouts Learning Responsibility on a Trip," photograph, 2003, _Krista McAuliffe's Collection_, Roswell, GA.
This photo was taken in Valdosta, GA on a Girl Scout trip. On this trip, we learned responsibility by taking care of the horses on the farm. Not only do Girl Scouts and Guides travel in present day, but they also traveled when the organization was founded. Although the Girl Guides were started in Great Britain, the effort soon moved to other countries as well. The Girl Guides provided girls the opportunity to travel and leave their homes. During the World War I Girl Guides were trained as nurses and replaced the Boy Scouts to run messages between offices in the intelligence buildings. They also replaced Boy Scouts as messengers in the censorship offices because girls got into less mischief than the boys. Also during the war, girls picked sphagnum moss for wound dressings, made sandbags for the men at the front, collected and sent out newspapers to the front, made scrapbooks for convalescents, taught English to Belgian refugees, worked in canteens, assisted in the export of tobacco to the troops, and helped distribute leaflets from central government offices to assist recruiting. They provided entertainment for wounded soldiers and their wives and mothers. They also made ammunition boxes, other munitions, and ‘treasure bags’ which were cloth bags that the wounded soldiers could keep their valuables in while in the hospitals. The Guides frequently traveled to the dedications of war shrines or monuments of the dead. Not only did Guides travel abroad helping the war effort, but they also traveled to work outside of the home. They would go to work from 9am to 7pm with little break and would bring home ten shillings per week plus dinner. Not only were they expected to fulfill their work duties, but they were also expected to parade every Monday afternoon on the roof of the Waterloo House, which ties them to the military yet again. Once the World Conferences were created, areas would send girl delegates to the conference to vote on important legislation and then report back to their region. In 1926, the first World Conference in America was held. On April 26th delegates from almost every country in Europe met in London to sail to America for the conference. They all met at Camp Edith Macy in New York. After this conference, Guiding and Scouting began growing throughout the world. By traveling to these conferences and helping soldiers in the war, girls got the chance to travel and meet other Scouts and Guides from other countries. They no longer were confined to the feminist roles they once were and although they were closely watched by their parents, they were allowed to leave the home and work and travel. They were being given more and more responsibility, sometimes even more responsibility than the Boy Scouts.
Richard A. Voeltz, "The Antidote to 'Khaki Fever'? The Expansion of the British Girl Guides during the First World War," _Journal of Contemporary History_ 27 (Oct 1992): 629-630.
Tammy M. Proctor, _Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War_ (New York: New York University Press, 2003), 58-59.
Anne Hyde Choate, _Juliette Low and the Girl Scouts_ (New York: Girl Scouts, Inc., 1928), 227-228.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Association_of_Girl_G...