Elisa Colberg (April 25, 1903 – 1988) was the founder of the
Puerto Rican Girl Scouts
Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909 when girls requested to join the then-grassroot ...
, the first troop of which formed in 1926 in
Cabo Rojo, aptly named Hijas de Betances. She continued as head of the Girl Scout organisation in Puerto Rico for 27 years. Camp Elisa Colberg, near
El Yunque National Forest, is named in her memory.
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Baptised as Elisa Esther Colberg Ramirez, Colberg was the fifth child of Rodolfo Colberg Pabón and Castora Ramirez Colberg, born in
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. She attended a series of schools, including Carbonell, Curry and Salvador Brau, graduated from the
University of Puerto Rico in 1925. A year later, after founded a leadership course with twenty enrollees which went on to become the Girl Scout organisation of Puerto Rico. Becoming a qualified teacher in 1928, Colberg retired in 1971, at which time the Scouting organisation had grown to 14,000 children in 654 troops.
Honors
* A street in the
San Juan, Puerto Rico neighborhood of
Miramar Miramar is a place name of Spanish and Portuguese origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from ''mirar'' ("to look at, to watch") and ''mar'' ("sea"). It may refer to:
Places Africa
* Miramar, Port Elizabeth, see St Dominic's Priory School
...
where the Caribe Girl Scouts Council is located is named after Elisa Colberg.
See also
*
Juliette Gordon Low
Notes
External links
Camp Elisa Colbergin
Google Maps
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1903 births
1988 deaths
Girl Scouts of the USA people
People from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Scouting pioneers
University of Puerto Rico alumni