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Lorraine J. Pitkin (July 15, 1845 - 1922) was an American women's activist and political postmaster. She served as Most Worthy Grand Matron (1880–86) and Right Worthy Grand Secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star (O.E.S.) of the Illinois Grand Chapter.
The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason, and adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873. The order is based on some teachings from the Bible, [1] and is open to people of all religious ...
Elizabeth Golcher Butler (October 16, 1831 – July 13, 1906) was a British-born American women's activist and a pioneer in the Order of the Eastern Star. With the establishment of the General Grand Chapter, which would have full control over the ritual, Butler was elected to its highest office, becoming its first Most Worthy Grand Matron (1876 ...
The Order of the Amaranth is a Masonic-affiliated organization for Master Masons and their Ladies founded in 1873.As in the Order of the Eastern Star, members of the Order must be age 18 and older; men must be Master Masons; and women must be related to Masons as wives, mothers, daughters, widows, sisters, nieces, aunts, et cetera, or have been active members of the International Order of the ...
Matres and Matronae. Terracotta relief of the Matres (the Vertault relief ), from the Gallo-Roman settlement of Vertillum ( Vertault) in Gaul. The Matres ( Latin for "mothers") [1] and Matronae (Latin for "matrons") [1] were female deities venerated in Northwestern Europe, of whom relics are found dating from the first to the fifth century AD.
A “Rite” or "concordant body" in Freemasonry is a system that includes various degrees for initiating a newcomer. Although not all Rites practice the conferral of all these blue Lodge degrees, they are included within its structure. Essentially, a Rite is at the heart of the Masonic journey. In contrast, an “Appendant body” is an ...
Unlike the mainstream Order of the Eastern Star, the PHOES do not have a centralized organization. The state Grand Chapters are the main organizations, and the "annual conventions" are made up exclusively of Past Grand Matrons. The "thirty first annual convention" was held in 1979. Membership. Membership is open to women of any race.
Grand Master ( Latin: Magister Magnus; German: Großmeister; French: Grand Maître; Swedish: Stormästare) is a title of the supreme head of various orders, including chivalric orders such as military orders and dynastic orders of knighthood . The title also occurs in modern civil fraternal orders such as the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, and ...