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Chapter 7 - Rituals
more resemblance to the androgynous Masonic orders, e.g. the Eastern Star or
the Heroines of Jericho, than the other youth orders analyzed here.
In General
The International Order of Job's Daughters is the only "Masonic" youth order
here discussed that was invented by a woman, Mrs. Ethel T. Wead Mick. She
founded it in 1920 in Omaha, Nebraska, with the purpose of banding together
girls aged 11 - 20 with Masonic relationship for character building through moral
and spiritual development by teaching them a greater reverence for God, loyalty
to the Flag, and respect for their parents. 1520 In contrast to the Rainbow Girls and
the DeMolays, membership in the Job's Daughters requires Masonic family ties.
As the other youth orders do, Job's Daughters offers a lot of fun activities like
arts and crafts, photography, sewing, creative writing, and sports, including
competitions. According to the homepage of the Job's Daughters, the girls play
an important role in community service by visiting hospitals and homes for the
elderly, organizing food drives, and sponsoring the Hearing Impaired Kid's
Endowment Fund. 1521
In the ritual of the Job's Daughters, the highest officer, i.e. the Honored
Queen, thus explains the order's origin and aims, making a strict distinction from
Masonry:
We read in the Book of Job, that "In all the land were no women found
so fair as the Daughters of Job." This is the passage on which Job's
Daughters is founded and in our lessons we strive to teach that to be
"fair" is to do good. We are all daughters of one God, and by the most
intimate ties we are related to the Masonic Fraternity, that organization
which stands for the brotherhood of humanity.
While Job's Daughters is no part of this fraternity, there is a great work
for it to do. We must learn and practice reverence for God, loyalty to
our Flag, respect for our elders, and love for all the world. (p. 62)
The passage in the Old Testament that the Honored Queen refers to is the
Book of Job, chapter 42, verse 15. Administratively, the meeting room and also
the convention of the Job's Daughters are called Bethel, which means "Holy
Place" (cf. p. 4). In the other youth orders, this room is merely called Chapter
without any reference to a symbolical or sacred place such as King Solomon's
temple; however, the order of Job's Daughters shows by the name "Bethel" that
the ground on which they tread is holy. The metaphor used in the ritual for
Heaven is "great Bethel on high" (p. 46), an analogue word construction to the
Masonic "Grand Lodge above." The Bethel stands under the direct supervision of
1520 Cf. http://www.iojd.org/
1521 Cf. http://www.iojd.org/