History of Girl Scout

1. HISTORY OF GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouting in the
Philippines

2. History of the Girl Scout Movement
• It was started in 1906 by an Englishman and an army officer
named Lord Robert Baden Powell. From that time on to the
present, Scouting had a great impact on young people all over the
world.
Aids to Scouting, an army manual prepared by B-P (as Baden
Powell was fondly called) was the first guide for Scouting
activities. This consisted of tests and games of character and
intelligence, physical health and endurance.
B-P originally intended the manual to help his soldiers to have
self-reliance, confidence and discretion through challenges and
games in small groups. He called these groups PATROL.
Later, the Manual became "Scouting for Boys." It grew out of
the personal, exciting experiences of B-P. It established the basic
structure, the Promise and Law and the Patrol System.

3. • To practice the theories in this manual, B-P held
an experimental camp at the Brownsea Island,
off the coast of Great Britain. This was from July
19 - August 8, 1907. This experiment was a
success. In 1908, educators hailed BP's Scouting
theories as a "revolution in education methods,
a new way in character training."
• The rest is history.
• Scouting spread widely and found its way to
other lands.

4. What about the Girl Scouts? How did
they come into the picture?
• In 1909 at the memorable Crystal Palace rally
of the Boy Scouts of England, a group of
uniformed, self-styled Girl Scouts came out in
the open and voiced their appeal to B-P to form
a similar movement for girls.
B-P gave in to their clamor. He engaged his
sister Agnes to help him put a movement for
girls. Thus, in May, 1910, Agnes Baden-Powell
became the first president of the Girl Guides.

5. Three women, in so far as the Girl
Scouts of the Philippines is
concerned, had shaped and
contributed greatly to the Girl
Scouting/Girl Guiding world.
• LADY OLAVE BADEN POWELL
• JULIETTE GORDON-LOW
• JOSEFA LLANES-ESCODA

6. LADY OLAVE BADEN
• LADY OLAVE BADEN POWELL, formerly Olave St. Claire Soames, came
quietly into the movement when she married B-P eight months after a
whirlwind shipboard romance while on cruise to the West Indies with
her father. There she met Baden Powell and had since been actively
involved in the movement in 1916 when she was appointed Country
Commissioner for Sussex and later as Chief Commissioner.
• In 1930, the World Bureau conferred on her the title of World Chief
Guide, apposition she held up to the time of her death in 1977.
• Lady Olave visited the Philippines twice. The first time was in March
25-27, 1958 as part of her travel itinerary in Asia and the second was on
October 11, 1966 during the Closing Ceremonies of the GSP's 25th
anniversary held at the Luneta Grandstand. She conveyed her warm
affection and pleasant thoughts to the Filipino Girl Scouts during these
visits.

7. JULIETTE GORDON-LOW
• JULIETTE GORDON-LOW, "Daisy", a woman of means from
Savannah, Georgia and widow of an Englishman named
William Low, met Lord B-P who interested her in the
Scouting program.
• From childhood she had been fondly called "Daisy" like
a beautiful attractive Sunshiny Flower.
• Baden-Powell's visit to Daisy in Scotland in 1911
inspired her to organize a Scottish Girl Guide troop. They
had fun learning knots, flag history, Girl Guide Laws,
knitting, cooking, first-aid, map reading and signaling. Daisy
helped them learn skills for earning a living such as raising
chicken and spinning. She started other Girl Guide troops in
London before sailing to America to begin the first
American Girl guide troop on March 21, 1912.

8. JULIETTE GORDON-LOW
• Her first 18 girls made their own dark blue uniforms with
light blue ties like the British Girl Guides. They also made
their own badges. They learned the Girl Guide Law, played
games, went on nature hikes, did bird-watching and kept
bird books. They had inter-troop basketball and a summer
camp.
• Daisy had many talents to share. She could write,
draw and sculpt. She loved tennis, horseback riding and
the out-of-doors. Although she lost her hearing in midlife,
she was friendly and kind and was the life of the party
wherever she went.
• Daisy changed the name of American Girl Guides to
Girl Scouts in 1913, and their uniform from blue to khaki
("which didn't show the dirt as much").

9. JOSEFA LLANES-ESCODA
• JOSEFA LLANES-ESCODA was the third woman in the triad. She was a well-
known and respected social worker and civic leader from Dingras, Ilocos
Norte. She had worked very hard to uplift the condition of needy and
disadvantaged people.
• Because of the historical and political links of the Philippines with
the United States, Scouting found its way to our shores.
• As early as 1918, lone troops were found to be in existence in the
islands. Some of the early troops were organized in Davao (1918), Capiz
(1926), the Mountain Province, Manila (1939) and other places.
Generally, American missionaries and servicemen and other concerned
members of the American communities were said to have started these
troops. All these early troops, however, were registered directly with the
GSUSA.
• Two women, Pilar Hidalgo-Lim, then President of the National
Federation of Women's Clubs (NFWC) and its Executive Secretary, Josefa
Lla�es Escoda, spearheaded the organization of the GSP. They asked the
help of the BSP, believing that " the youth of the Philippines was not
being completely served if there was only a Boy Scout organization; that
there should also be a Girl Scout Movement."

10. JOSEFA LLANES-ESCODA
• Through the GSP, Mrs. Escoda was sent for Girl Scout training
in 1939 to the USA and Great Britain.
• Upon her return to the Philippines, Mrs. Escoda set up
the GSP with the help of civic-minded citizens and
supporters.
• On May 26, 1940, the GSP was chartered as a national
organization under Commonwealth Act. No. 542.
• In 1946, at the 11th World Conference held at Evian,
France, GSP was accepted by the World Association of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) as a tenderfoot member.
• On August 13-23, 1948, GSP became a full member at
the 12th World Conference held in Cooperstown, New York.
• From a membership of 3,000, the GSP increased
tremendously to more than one and a half million. The
organization had observed its Golden Jubilee in 1990 and is
moving on fast to greater heights.

11. The Girl Scout of the Philippines
Program
• The Girl Scouting Program is the action plan
covering the whole Girl Scouting environment
of fun, adventure and challenges where girls
working alone or in small groups live the Girl
Scout Promise in a democratic framework and
develop themselves in self-reliance, self-
esteem and service with the guidance of able
and caring adults.

12. • Characteristics of the Girl Scouting Program
• General Characteristics of the Girl Scouting Program
• Characteristics of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines
• The Girl Scout Promise and Law
• Patrol System
• Badgework
• Out-of-Doors
• International Friendship
• The Girl Scout Uniform
• Special Programs
• Capture the Girl Scout Spirit
• What is Girl Scouting?
• Organization
• Ways of Work
• Program

13. The Eight-Point Challenge
• Challenge of Well Being
• The Challenge of the Environment
• The Challenge of Preparedness
• The Challenge of Family Life
• The Challenge of Economic Self-Sufficiency
• The Challenge of Our Heritage and Citizenship
• The Challenge of the Arts
• The Challenge of the World Community

14. Thank You and God Bless!!!
Tita Menelyn Mae L. Malay