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The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) 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 Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies. There are also corporations having foundation in the United States, such as corporate headquarters, operational headquarters and independent subsidiaries. The list excludes large privately held companies such as Cargill and Koch ...
This is a list of notable employee-owned companies by country. These are companies totally or significantly owned (directly or indirectly) by their employees. [1] Employee ownership takes different forms and one form may predominate in a particular country.
Lorraine J. Pitkin. 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.
Pond, Annie M. 1950. Interesting Historical Data. Order of the Eastern Star, Order of the Eastern Star, New York, NY. Order of the Eastern Star of the State of New York. Robertson, J. Ross. (1899). The History of Freemasonry in Canada From Its Introduction in 1749.Vol. II. Toronto, Canada. The Hunter Rose Co. Rosenburg, Charles E. 1987.
The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia. With Georgiana Thomas he set about getting the ritual and organization approved by the official of the Lodge and the first Chapter of the Prince Hall Order of ...
The dots are typically arranged in a triangular pattern and carry multiple layers of meaning within Masonic tradition. [2] The (∴) is used only for Masonic abbreviations, any non-masonic abbreviations must be written with a simple dot, as an example a date on a Masonic document could be written 6024 A∴L∴/2024 A.D.
The star is also said to be representative of the movements of Venus across the sky when it changes from the evening to the morning star and back again. In fact, according to www.symbols.com, the word "Eastern Star" is a reference to Venus in it's morning star phase.