Manual of the Order of the Eastern Star
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780766159129
Subjects: Freemasonry & secret societies; Freemasonry; Sociology
First sentence: SECRET societies, imitating Freemasonry, for the admission of females as members were first organized in France during the early part of the eighteenth century, and still exist there and in other parts of Europe as a distinctive Rite.