Girl Scouts and Girl Guides ..................::::.......:::::Robert Baden - Powell wrote Scouting for Boys in 1908. In 1910, his sister Agnes started the Girl Guides, a scouting group for girls in England. Two years later, Juliette Gordon Low started the first scouting group for girls in the USA. She called her group the Girl Scouts. Today, there are Girl Scouts and Girl Guides in over 145 countries. The girls who join these groups learn how to camp and hike. They also learn how to be safe and confident in the woods. .................1. When did the Girl Guides start? 2. Where did the Girl Scouts start? 3. What do the girls in these groups learn how to do? Hello