Fraternal organizations
Subject
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Annual Convention of Independent Order of Daughters of St. George, 1919 October 1
Item
Identifier: A2001-099-005
Scope and Contents
Women sitting and standing in formal attire wearing badges of the secret sisterhood of the Independent Order of St. George, at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1919
Dates:
1919 October 1
Grand Lodge, Annual Convention, 1919 October 1
Item
Identifier: A1996-008-024
Scope and Contents
View of women in formal dress, some sitting and some standing. The Daughters of St. George was founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1871 as an ethnic fraternal benefit society for women of English descent residing in U.S. and relatives of members of the Order of the Sons of St. George. The organization provided sick and death benefits to members, as well as social activities. Lowell, Massachusetts, dated October 1, 1919. (Preuss. Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies, p.105)
Dates:
1919 October 1