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==Foundation== {{Main|Girl Guides}} Following the origin of the Boy Scouts in 1907 many girls took up Scouting. A group of Girl Scouts were prominent at the [[1909 Crystal Palace Scout Rally|Crystal Palace Rally in 1909]].<ref name="War Years">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418053447/http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-olave-10.htm |first=Olave |last=Baden-Powell |editor=Mary Drewery |author-link=Olave Baden-Powell |title=Window on My Heart. Chapter X. The War Years. |date=25 April 2004 |url=http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-olave-10.htm |archive-date=18 April 2007 |access-date=21 June 2018}}</ref> After Robert Baden-Powell formed The Boy Scouts Association in 1910 he formed the Girl Guides and asked his sister Agnes to look after the Girl Guides organisation. A few years later Baden-Powell's new wife [[Olave St. Claire Baden-Powell]] (commonly referred to as "Lady Baden-Powell") became involved and, in 1918, was appointed Chief Guide.<ref name="War Years"/>
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