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Despite this, it was not considered a mutual benefit order. Fraternal benefits were available to its members though, through the World Mutual Benefit Association. [386] Order of the World (Boston) – One of many short-term endowment benefit fraternals that were popular in the 1880s and 1890s and then went bankrupt. [387] [388]
A friendly society or benefit society is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties. These groups are also known as a fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, or mutual aid organization. Following is an incomplete list of these societies and orders.
Luso-American Financial - A Fraternal Benefit Society - Founded in 1868 as the Portuguese Protective and Benevolent Association of the City and County of San Francisco. Grand Council, most likely a state organization, was founded in 1872, and Supreme Council in 1921. Changed name to Benevolent Society of California in 1948. Women were admitted ...
A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members. Service clubs, lineage societies, and secret societies are among the fraternal organizations listed here.
Many fraternal benefit societies were founded to serve the needs of immigrants and other under-served groups [9] who shared common bonds of religion, ethnicity, gender, occupation or shared values. The first modern American fraternal benefit society was the Ancient Order of United Workmen, founded by John J. Upchurch in 1868. [10] "The Order of ...
Pages in category "Clubs and societies in California" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive. It consists only of social collegiate fraternities; other types of social fraternal organizations can be found under the list of general fraternities.
A. Acacia (fraternity) Adelante Fraternity; Adelphikos; Aleph Zadik Aleph; Alpha Beta Psi; Alpha Chi Alpha; Alpha Chi Omega; Alpha Delta (national) Alpha Delta Alpha