This blog page lists my posts about the short-lived British version of the Camp Fire Girls movement.
This existed in Britain from mid WW1 and its formal start in 1921 until the late 1960s just into the early 1970s. Little is now published or remembered about this youth movement.
https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/tag/british-camp-fire-girls/
Uniform Reference
https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2022/05/31/british-camp-fire-girls-in-miniature/
Press Coverage Research by decade
1920s Press coverage
1930s press coverage
1940s – 1960s coverage.
Ruth Clark (“Minobi”) Camp Fire Training for Girls, 1919 in parts
British Camp Fire Girls – The Founders
The founder in Britain was Margaret Ann Backhouse, helped by others such as M.H. Helen Clegg, Norah Ackerley and many Camp Fire Guardians (adult leaders). Birmingham and the Midlands was a core area despite the National Headquarters being in London but groups existed nationwide across England.
Margaret Ann Backhouse and Norah Ackerley
Margaret Ann Backhouse and Edith Kempthorne USA
EJO Elsie J. Oxenham, writer and Camp Fire Guardian
Camp Fire Girls Handbooks – see also the USA versions
My 1925 British Camp Fire Girls handbook
https://tabletopscoutingwidegames.wordpress.com/2022/05/31/british-camp-fire-girls-handbook-1925/
My 1933 Camp Fire Girls Handbook – Post to be added
Other sources
https://yesterdayremembered.co.uk/memory/1385/
Dr. Sian Roberts – academic study
Cultural Appropriation Issues
Ceremonial gown dress, symbolism and ‘Cultural Appropriation’ issues about Native American Culture
Scouting Wide Games for the Tabletop and Garden 