Allison Greenlees

Allison Greenlees born Allison Hope Cargill (13 August 1896- 4 August 1979)[1] was Scotland's first ever Girl Guide and a founder member of Girlguiding Scotland.[2][3][1]

Early life

Born in Hillhead, Glasgow, she was the daughter of Mary Hope Walker Grierson and Sir John Cargill, 1st Baronet. She had no brother and if she had been a son then she would have become a baronet. Greenlees set up a precursor to Girl Guides, the Cuckoo Patrol, after reading an edition of Scouting for Boys and wanted something like the Boy Scouts to be available to girls.[2][3] In 1908, the Cuckoo Patrol was adopted into the First Glasgow Scout Group, a year before The Girl Guides Association was established by Agnes Baden-Powell in 1910.

Career

Greenlees went on to establish and develop Girlguiding in Glasgow. After the start of the First World War, she turned her skills to help set up the Glasgow Battalion of the Women's Emergency Corps.[1] In 1930, she became County Commissioner Girlguiding Midlothian and in 1953 she became President of Girlguiding Scotland.[4][1]

Personal life

She was married to James Greenlees in 1922.[1]

References
  1. "Allison Greenlees | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland". womenofscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  2. "How Girlguiding got started in Scotland". Girlguiding Scotland. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  3. "Guiding lit the way for girls". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  4. "Girl Guides in Scotland". electricscotland.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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