Job’s Daughters was organized and consent obtained from J.B. Fradenburg, the Most Worshsipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska; Mrs. Anna J. Davis, the Grand Matron of Nebraska, Order of the Eastern Star; and James E. Bednar, the Grand Patron, to work under the following landmarks:
First: To be known as Job’s Daughters.
Second: Membership to be composed of developing girls who believe in God and bear a Masonic relationship.
Third: The meeting place to be called a Bethel.
Fourth: The teachings based on the “Book of Job” (with special reference to the 42nd Chapter; 15th Verse).
Fifth: To be taught in three epochs (not degrees).
Sixth: Motto: “Virtue is a quality which highly adorns woman.”
Seventh: The emblem to be the Open Book, Horn of Plenty, and the Lily of the Valley.
Eighth: Requiring all members, guardians, and visitors to assume a pledge based on honor.
Ninth: To be a democratic organization with the right of appeal to a supreme authority, with all members and guardians amenable to the laws.
Tenth: A Supreme Guardian Council with Constitution and Bylaws in conformity with landmarks governing Supreme Guardian, Subordinate Guardians, and Bethel members.
Ethel T. Wead Mick, Founder