In late 1916, Baden-Powell met Vera Barclay, a young Scouter from Hertfordshire who had written in the Headquarters Gazette about female leadership in the Scout Movement during wartime.
Na konci roku 1916, se Baden-Powell setkal s Verou Barclay, mladou skautkou z Hertfordshire, která napsala do Headquarters Gazette o ženském vedení v skautském hnutí v době války.