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Celebration: 75 Years of Challenge and Change - a Portrait of the Girl Guides of Canada

Marita Robinson
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Adventure, Challenge, Discovery -these are the watchwords of the seventy-five-year history of the Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada, a history of vital and dynamic response to the changing times. In this lavishly illustrated tribute to the Girl Guides of Canada, women across the country discuss the impact of Guiding and create a fascinating record of how the largest girls' club in the world has contributed to the creation of a new breed of woman for these maverick times.

From the forward-thinking philosophies of Founder Robert Baden-Powell to fond recollections of the triumphs of the sisterhood from international cover girl Leslie Durnin, Governor General elect Jeanne Sauvé, and actress Bernice Picard, among others, Celebration paints a vibrant portrait of the evolution of the Guiding movement beyond the restrictive Victorian notions of womanhood to the 1980s and beyond. At once, a retrospective record and a mandate for the future, Celebration is a history of growth - of individuals and of the organization that nurtured in them a respect and love for Adventure, Challenge, and Discovery.

Celebration marks the 75th Anniversary of the Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada, an anniversary awaited by over 300,000 Guides and leaders across the country. As well, it marks the movement of Canadian women into the 1980s and as such is an invitation to all women to celebrate a landmark in turbulent social history.