Can the Girl Guide Speak? The Perils and Pleasures of Looking for Children’s Voices in Archival Research

Abstract

Kristine Alexander is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario. In fall 2012, she will take up the Elizabeth & Cecil Kent Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research focuses on the imperial and international histories of the Guide movement and the experiences of children and families during the First World War.