Who is Agnes of Girl Guides?

Agnes Baden-Powell was the sister of Robert Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts/Scouting Movement in 1907. Lord Baden-Powell asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help start a separate movement for girls and so, in 1910, Agnes and Robert founded Girl Guides.

Agnes Baden-Powell was President of The Girl Guide Association until 1917 when she became the Vice-President, a position she held until her death in 1945.