Mary Malcolmson

Mary Malcolmson
Mary Malcolmson

Mary Malcolmson (A.H. Malcolmson) started the first Girl Guide company in Canada.

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1st St Catharines

Malcolmson organized the first Canadian Girl Guide company to be officially registered. The Company started to meet in November 1909 in St. Catharines, Ontario and was registered on 1910-01-11.[1] Meetings were held in the Welland House Hotel.[2] Pamphlet A: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls and Pamphlet B: Baden-Powell Girl Guides, a Suggestion for Character Training for Girls had been sent to a Scout leader in St. Catharines and he passed them on to Malcolmson.[3]

St Catharines Council of Women

St Catharines Council of Women was founded in 1918. Malcolmson was elected as its first president.[4]

Malcolmson Park

A park in St. Catharines was named for Malcolmson. It is bounded to the east by the Welland Canal, to the west by Port Weller, to the north by Lake Ontario and to the south, by Lakeshore Rd.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kerr, Rose (1976). Story of the Girl Guides 1908-1938. London: Girl Guides Association. 
  2. ^ "Mary Malcomson". Archived from the original on 2007-02-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070225160045/http://www.vaxxine.com/lakecrestheritage/marymalcolmson.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
  3. ^ "History of Guiding". Guides of Canada Guides du Canada. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070216002225/http://www.girlguides.ca/media/pdfs/14-3/14.3.1.3.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
  4. ^ "St. Catharines Local Council of Women fonds". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927010933/http://www.brocku.ca/library/spcl/lcwomen.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 
  5. ^ "Malcolmson Park". http://www.brocku.ca/epi/3v23page/malco.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 

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