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Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement. Agnes was born in Paddington, London.〔http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Search for Agnes Powell 1858〕 ==Early life== Agnes was the ninth of fourteen children, and the third daughter of her father, the Reverend Baden Powell, who was the Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford. Among her brothers were Warington Baden-Powell, Sir George Baden-Powell, Frank Baden-Powell, and Baden Baden-Powell. Her mother, Henrietta Grace Smyth, was the third wife of Rev. Baden Powell (the first had no children, the second had two boys, as well as two girls who had died before Agnes was born). Henrietta Grace was a gifted musician and artist, a daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth and Annarella Warington. When Agnes was only two years of age, the Reverend Baden Powell died.〔"The First Girl Guide" by Helen D. Gardner, Amberley Books, 2010〕 To honour him after his death, Agnes's mother Henrietta added Baden to their surname and that branch of the family has since been known as Baden-Powell. Baden's death left the family under the firm control of Henrietta, who was determined to instill in her children a desire to succeed. Agnes' brother, Robert, has been quoted as saying, "The whole secret of my getting on lay with my mother." Agnes went on to become an accomplished musician, playing the organ, piano and violin. Her varied interests included natural history and astronomy, and she kept bees, birds and butterflies in her home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agnes Baden-Powell ) Reprinted from ''Guidestuff and Green Machine'' (November/December 1982).〕 With her brother Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell she made aeronautical balloons, working the silk for the envelope and they made many flights together. Later she helped him with aeroplane-building. Agnes was an honorary companion of the Royal Aeronautical Society from 1938.〔http://www.spanglefish.com/olavebadenpowell/index.asp?pageid=531848〕 She was for some years president of the Westminster Division of the Red Cross, and worked for the League of Mercy and for Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agnes Baden-Powell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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