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Purpose of Job's Daughters
The purpose of Job's Daughters is to build character through moral and spiritual development, holy scripture, loyalty to the flag, and the country for which it stands, and to respect our parents and guardians. Each member of the order is between the ages of 11 and 20, and related to a Master Mason.
The meeting place is called a "Bethel" which means "Holy Place". The Grecian robes worn by the Job's Daughters is emblematic of the robes worn by the people in the day of Job, and is highly suggestive of the upward and onward trend, toward higher ideals. There is nothing more fitting to a girl than the beautiful sentiments expressed in the book of Job, which indicates that through life from early childhood to old age we encounter trials and tribulations, which we must meet and overcome.
We read in the book of Job that there were "In all the land were no women found so fair as the Daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren," this is the passage upon which our order is founded.
The Founder of Job's Daughters
Mrs. Ethel T. Wead Mick founded the International Order of Jobs Daughters in Omaha. Nebraska, in 1920. The purpose of the Order was to band together young girls with Masonic relationship for character building through moral and spiritual development by teaching a greater reverence for God and the Holy Scriptures: loyalty to the Flag and the Country for which it stands, and respect for parents and Guardians.
Mrs. Mick. realizing the importance of the early training she received from her Christian mother, and especially the beautiful lessons n literature and drama as found in the Book of Job, decided to give her time and talent to make it possible for all young women of Masonic relationship to share the rare privileges that were hers. After several years of careful study and consideration with the assistance of her husband Dr. William H Mick. and other capable workers, she founded the International Order of Job s Daughters. In honor and memory of Elizabeth D Wead. mother of Ethel T. Wead Mick, Founder.
Many preliminary meetings were held by a few interested Master Masons and members of the Eastern Star during the years of 1918, 1919, and 1920, at the home or office of Dr. and Mrs. Mick in Omaha, Nebraska. The ritualistic work of the Order is based on the Triangle, the Three Daughters of Job, the Open Book and Education.
The Ritual was written from ideas presented by the Founder Mrs. Ethel T Wead Mick. and taken from the Book of Job with particular reference to the 42nd Chapter, 15th Verse:
"And in all the land were no women found so fair as the Daughters of Job; and their Father gave them inheritance among their brethren."
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