What is the Daughter's of Job? And what do they do?

Question

My mother-n-law is one and will only tell me that they do "religious ceremonies", so now I'm very curious as to why she is so vague.

Answer 1

Job's Daughters commonly referred to as Job's Daughters International (our name for the adult part which is for taxes and things) is a non-profit organization for young women aged 10 to 20 who believe in God and are related to a Master Mason. Their book of ceremonies is based on the book of Job, more specific, 'In all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brethern.' Our chapters are called Bethels, meaning 'holy place'. We also have different offices and our highest is, Honored Queen, or president. We have a book of ceremonies called a ritual. If you are interested in reading the ritual, heck at your local public library. We also sponsor the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment Fund, or HIKE, which provides hearing aids or other hearing devices for children age birth to twenty-one whose parents can not afford them.

Answer 2

Now officially named Job's Daughters International (Sometimes abbreviated to JDI) and known throughout the world simply as Job's Daughters, is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. It is the oldest of five Masonic sponsored organizations for girls, dating from 1920. The individual group is called a Bethel, and each is numbered sequentially according to when they were instituted in their jurisdiction. They usually meet at a Masonic Lodge building and when they are in session they refer to the meeting place as the Bethel.

Answer 3

I think the term is "Job's Daughters", which is a masonic organization for primarily girls who ar daughters of masons or related to them. Their "ceremonies" are designed to teach good values and provide a safe social setting.

Most masonic bodies are sworn to secrecy about their ritual or ceremonies.... not because there is anything bad or really secret about them, but to teach fidelity in keeping one's word. Many, especially the older generations take that to mean everything to do with the organization, which is not the intent.

Answer 4

Job's Daughters International (Sometimes abbreviated to JDI), known throughout the world simply as Job's Daughters, is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. It is the oldest of five Masonic sponsored organizations for girls, dating from 1920.

Answer 5

In order to be part of them you have to have a relationship to a Master Mason in your family history.

Mrs. Ethel T. Wead Mick founded the International Order of Job's Daughters in Omaha. Nebraska, in 1920 (it was recently renamed Job's Daughters International). The purpose of Job's Daughtes 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 in 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 Job's Daughters International 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 Job's Daughters International is based on the Triangle, the Three Daughters of Job, the Open Book and Education.

Answer 6

All I know is the Daughter's of Job are the female counterparts to the Masons. Don't know any specifics.

Answer 7

There are different organizations within the Masons, some for men, some for women. Job's Daughters is one for women.

Answer 8

I am curious about this also, if you find out let us know. Scratch this. I see the answer above me. That explains why she is so secretive!

Answer 9

Did you ever see the albino man in the DaVinci Code?
I think they're like that, only meaner.

Answer 10

http://www.iojd.org/

Masonic-related organization for young girls