A quiet beekeeper with a famous brother ended up leading a movement she never asked for.
Long before airplanes filled the sky, this Victorian woman worked silk alongside her brother to build what kind of flying machine?
Balloons Agnes and her younger brother Baden made many flights together and later built and flew their own gliders and aeroplanes.
When their father died, the mother changed the family's last name to honor him. What did she add to it?
His first name Powell became Baden-Powell, which is how one of Agnes's brothers ended up with the name Baden Baden-Powell.
Agnes ran the brand-new Girl Guides from the start. Who did her famous brother help put in charge instead a few years later?
His much younger wife Olave Baden-Powell was voted Chief Guide, and soon after Agnes was pressured to give up the presidency to Princess Mary.
At a huge Boy Scout rally in London, a small group crashed the party without tickets and stole all the headlines. Who were they?
Girls in Scout uniforms Their stunt helped convince Robert Baden-Powell to create a separate group for girls, and after first aid societies turned him down, he asked his sister Agnes to run it.
Agnes lies in her family's London grave, but her name is missing from the monument. What odd title does she still hold today?
Owner of the grave Agnes outlived all her siblings, and records at Kensal Green Cemetery still list her as the plot's registered owner.
