Elizabeth Hartley | |
Birth Name: | Clarita Elizabeth Hartley |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1906 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | Tavistock, Devon, England |
Occupation: | Girl Guide leader Author |
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.[1]
In 1969 she was vice-chair of the WAGGGS' 20th World Conference in Finland. She was awarded the Silver Fish.[2] Hartley succeeded Mona Burgin as leader of the Training Team of the World Association Training scheme. Hartley authored several works about Guiding.