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  2. List of friendly and benefit societies - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of the Relief Society - Wikipedia

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    In 1891, the Relief Society became a charter member of the National Council of Women of the United States and it was called the National Women's Relief Society. [32]: 114 Early Relief Society meetings were generally held semi-monthly. One meeting per month was devoted to sewing and caring for the needs of the poor.

  4. List of women's organizations - Wikipedia

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    Relief Society – Worldwide charitable and educational organization of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (founded 1842) St. Joan's International Alliance – Feminist Catholic organization founded in 1911; Soroptimist International – Worldwide service-organization for women (founded 1921)

  5. Mutual aid - Wikipedia

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    A mutual-aid soup kitchen Conder Street Mission Hall, 1881. The term "mutual aid" was popularized by the anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin in his essay collection Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, which argued that cooperation, not competition, was the driving mechanism behind evolution, through biological mutualism.

  6. Relief Society - Wikipedia

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    The motto of the Relief Society, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:8, is "Charity never faileth." [9] The purpose of Relief Society reads, “Relief Society helps prepare women for the blessings of eternal life as they increase faith in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and His Atonement; strengthen individuals, families, and homes through ordinances and covenants; and work in unity to help those in ...

  7. Benefit society - Wikipedia

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    Pin button issued by "The Knights and Ladies of Security" of Topeka, Kansas. A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendly society, or mutual aid organization is a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties.

  8. American Aid Society - Wikipedia

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    The American Aid Society, formerly the American Aid Societies for Relief of the Needy and Displaced Persons of Central and Southeastern Europe, [1] was a national organization dedicated to addressing the ethnic German refugee problem during and after WW2. It comprised 11 chapters across the country and was headquartered in Chicago. [2]

  9. Category:Relief Society - Wikipedia

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