Rose Kerr

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name =Rose Kerr


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birth_date =1882
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death_date =1944
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spouse =Mark Kerr
parents =Major Wilfred A. Gough
children =Alix Liddell (née Kerr)
Luise Rosemary Kerr

Rose Margaret Kerr (née Gough) (1882–December 12 1944) was a pioneer of the Guiding movement from Great Britain. She was one of the founders of the Rangers section of Girl Guides and was involved in the formation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and authored numerous publications on Guiding. She was awarded the Silver Fish.

She married Mark Kerr in 1906 and they had two children: Alix Liddell (née Kerr) and Luise Rosemary Kerr. [cite web| title =Person Page 1502 | url =http://www.thepeerage.com/p1502.htm#i15014 | accessdate =2007-05-04] Robert Baden-Powell proposed and had been refused in December 1905. [cite book| last =Jeal | first =Tim | authorlink =Tim Jeal | title =Baden-Powell | publisher =Pimlico | date =1991 | location =London | pages =348] Despite this she remained close friends with him.

Juliette Gordon Low persuaded Kerr to lead a Guide company in 1912. [cite book| last =Kerr | first =Rose | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London] She gave up this company on going abroad in 1913. While staying at the Baden-Powell's home, Ewhurst Place, in 1916, Olave Baden-Powell insisted that Kerr become a County Commissioner.

During World War II, a message was smuggled to Kerr from Anni Collan, the Chief Guide of Finland. Collan wrote "It is a pity that our two countries are at war with one another - but that does not make any difference to us!" [cite book| last =Liddell | first =Alix | authorlink= Alix Liddell | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1938-1975 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | date =1976 | location =London]

Appointments

The Girl Guide Association (Now Girlguiding UK)

*Guider
*County Commissioner
*Member of the Executive Committee
*Head of Rangers
*Deputy Chief Commissioner, London and the Home Counties
*Vice-Chairman, International Council
*Commissioner for Publications
*(first) International Commissioner
*Chairman of subcommittee appointed by Robert Baden-Powell to consider the formation of a World Association

WAGGGS

*Chairman of First World Committee
*(first) Commissioner for Tenderfoot Countries
*Head of Publications
*Editor of "The Council Fire"

Works

*1932: "The Story of the Girl Guides"
*1934: "The Cruise of The Calgaric"
*1935: "The Cruise of the Adriatic"
*1938: "The Cruise of the Ordüna"
*1954: "The Story of the Girl Guides: 1908- 1938" (Revised by Alix Liddell)

ee also

*Alice Behrens
*Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

References

External links

* [http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/biogs-g-m.htm "Johnny" Walker's Scouting Milestones Pages - Scouting Personalities ] at www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A499269 BBC - h2g2 - Girlguiding in the UK - The Senior Sections ] at www.bbc.co.uk

Persondata
NAME=Kerr, Rose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Gough, Rose; Gough, Rose Margaret; Kerr, Rose Margaret; Kerr, Mrs Mark;
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Pioneer of Guiding
DATE OF BIRTH=1882
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DATE OF DEATH=December 12 1944
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