Elizabeth Hartley (Girl Guides)

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| birth_name = Clarita Elizabeth Hartley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|02|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|03||1906|02|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Tavistock, Devon, England

| occupation = Girl Guide leader
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Clarita Elizabeth Hartley, OBE (1 February 1906 – March 1996) was active in the Girl Guiding movement both in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Hartley joined the Guiding movement as a Guider in 1925. She was a Guider-in-Charge at Foxlease and also held numerous committee positions at a national level within the Girl Guide Association (now Girlguiding UK).

Hartley was a volunteer with the Guide International Service, working in post-war Germany.{{cite news |date=1947-03-08 |work=Western Morning News |author= |title="Guide in Khaki" |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19470308/020/0002 |page=2 |location=Cornwall, England}}

In 1969 she was vice-chair of the WAGGGS' 20th World Conference in Finland. She was awarded the Silver Fish.{{cite book| last =Liddell | first =Alix | author-link= Alix Liddell | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1938-1975 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | year =1976 | location =London}} Hartley succeeded Mona Burgin as leader of the Training Team of the World Association Training scheme. Hartley authored several works about Guiding.

Works

  • 1963: Not More than Eight{{cite web|title=GILL BILSKI - Girl Guide Non-fiction, magazines and annuals |url=http://www.gillbilski.com/cat/guide.htm |accessdate=2007-10-29 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223092507/http://www.gillbilski.com/cat/guide.htm |archivedate=2007-12-23 |url-status=dead }}
  • 1968: A Handbook for Commissioners
  • 1975: Olave Baden-Powell{{cite web| title =Olave Baden-Powell Publications | url =http://www.olavebadenpowell.org/namesake/publications.htm| accessdate =2007-10-29}}

See also

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