KM
used the fame brought her by her Siberian travels to step up her public speaking and fundraising, with a focus on the Kate Marsden Leper Fund
. She lectured in London and elsewhere about...
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15 October 1899 to 18 May 1900: The settlement of Mafeking was famously defended...
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15 October 1899 to 18 May 1900
The settlement of Mafeking was famously defended under siege by Robert Baden-Powell
during the Second Boer War; he attracted hostile criticism when he issued arms to some black troops.
25 July 1907: Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout...
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25 July 1907
Robert Baden-Powell
founded the Boy Scout
movement. Its purpose was to teach outdoor survival and character building through an approach which moved its learners through successive levels of skills.
1910: Robert Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes...
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1910
Robert Baden-Powell
and his sister Agnes
established the Girl Guides
as a sister organization to the Boy Scouts
.
