When the idea of organizing a Chapter of the Eastern Star was proposed among their friends, the Butlers united their efforts with others in bringing it to a successful issue. A charter bearing date March 1, 1869, was granted them, as Miriam Chapter No. 1, of Illinois, with Mrs. Butler as Worthy Matron, which office she filled for two successive terms, and one after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. She said that upon receiving the degrees, she was impressed with the adaptiveness of the workings of the Order as an aid to woman in her individual efforts to better fit herself, socially and mentally, for the wider sphere of activities that seemed to be opening for her, and that therein she could find opportunities for useful work, however feeble her efforts, in making the Order a mighty lever to raise woman to a higher plane. She determined to unite with those who were endeavoring to bring the Order to a position where it would be deserving of general recognition. Her steady and persistent efforts for the advancement of the interests of her own chapter, led naturally to her elevation to the Grand East when the Grand Chapter was organized in 1875.