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Order Of Calanthe
The Order of Calanthe, originally titled the Independent Order of Calanthe, is a fraternal benefit society for African American women. It was established in Louisiana in 1883 as an auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Calanthe was the wife of Pythias in the Greek legend Damon and Pythias. History The Order of Calanthe, originally titled the Independent Order of Calanthe, is a fraternal benefit society for African American women. It was established in Louisiana in 1883 as an auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Its purpose was promoting "the social, intellectual, and moral welfare of its members and the community at large". Courts The Grand Court of Florida was established in 1887. By 1888, there were thirty-three courts in the United States. The Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Texas, established on May 30, 1897, was a highly successful bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of Pythias Of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa And Australia
The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, also known as the Colored Knights of Pythias or the Knights of Pythias, was a fraternal organization in the United States. The Knights of Pythias, founded in 1864, did not allow African Americans and so this group formed on its own. The organization was established in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1880 by Thomas W. Stringer, along with Thomas M. Broadwater, A. E. Lightfoot, George A. Place, W. D. Starks, Claybourne Julian. The organization followed the organizational structure of many other fraternal organizations with a national Supreme Lodge, Grand Lodges at the state level, and local lodges regionally. The organization provided its members death and sick benefits. History The organization's initial title the Knights of Pythias of North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica was later changed to Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivian Osborne Marsh
Vivian Osborne Marsh (September 5, 1898 — March 1986) was an American clubwoman based in San Francisco, California. She was president of the California State Association of Colored Women, and national president of Delta Sigma Theta. Early life Vivian Costroma Osborne was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Benjamin J. Osborne and Alice Estes Osborne. She moved to California with her sister and their widowed mother in 1913. She graduated from Berkeley High School in 1914. She earned a bachelor's degree (1920) and a master's degree (1922) in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her master's thesis was titled "Types and Distribution of Negro Folklore in America".Dona L. Irvin"Vivian Osborne Marsh"in Jessie Carney Smith, Shirelle Phelps, eds., ''Notable Black American Women, Book 2'' (VNR AG 1996): 428-431. In 1921, Marsh is credited with chartering the Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and later, the Berkeley Bay Area Alumnae Chapter. The women we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Fraternal Orders
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West Africa, West/Central Africa, Central African with some European descent; some also have Native Americans in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Women's Organizations
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organizations Established In 1883
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Establishments In Louisiana
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life (magazine), Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A Newhall House Hotel Fire, fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The ''Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraternal Orders
A fraternal order is a fraternity organised as an order, with traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies. Contemporary fraternal orders typically have secular purposes, including social, cultural and mutually beneficial or charitable aims. Many friendly societies, benefit societies and mutual organisations take the form of a fraternal order. Fraternal societies are often divided geographically into units called lodges or provinces. They sometimes involve a system of awards, medals, decorations, styles, degrees, offices, orders, or other distinctions, often associated with regalia, insignia, initiation and other rituals, secret greetings, signs, passwords, oaths, and more or less elaborate symbolism, as in chivalric orders. Examples The Freemasons and Odd Fellows emerged in the 18th century in the United Kingdom and the United States. Other examples, which emerged later, include the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie A
Carrie may refer to: People * Carrie (name), a female given name and occasionally a surname Places in the United States * Carrie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Carrie, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carrie Glacier, Olympic National Park, Washington Arts and entertainment * ''Carrie'' (novel), by Stephen King, and its adaptations: ** ''Carrie'' (1976 film) ** ''Carrie'' (2002 film) ** ''Carrie'' (2013 film) ** ''Carrie'' (franchise) ** ''Carrie'' (musical) * the title character of ''Sister Carrie'', a 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser ** ''Carrie'' (1952 film), based on Dreiser's novel * one of the title characters of ''Carrie and Barry'', a BBC sitcom * Carrie (band), British based rock music band * "Carrie" (Cliff Richard song) (1980) * "Carrie" (Europe song) (1987), by Europe Other uses * Carrie (mango), a mango cultivar * Carrie (digital library), an online digital library project based at the University of Kansas * Carrie Furnace, an abandoned bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mame Stewart Josenberger
Mame Stewart Josenberger (August 3, 1868 – September 29, 1964) was an American educator, businesswoman, and clubwoman, based in Arkansas for most of her career. Early life Mary "Mame" Stewart, born August 3, 1868 (sources vary on the year) in Owego, New York, the daughter of Frank Stewart and Mary Elizabeth Turner Stewart. She trained as a teacher at Fisk University, where her classmates included W. E. B. DuBois and Margaret Murray Washington.Cherisse Jones-Branch"Mame Stewart Josenberger (ca. 1868-1964)"''Arkansas Women's Suffrage Centennial'' . She remained active with the Fisk University Alumni Association throughout her life. Career Stewart taught at the State Normal School for Negroes in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and at Howard School and Fort Smith High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas.Clement Richardson, ed.''The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race, Volume 1''(National Publishing Company 1919): 99. From 1903 to 1916, she was "Grand Register of Deeds" for the Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon And Pythias
The story of Damon (; grc-gre, Δάμων, gen. Δάμωνος) and Pythias (; or ; or Phintias, ) is a legend in Greek historic writings illustrating the Pythagorean ideal of friendship. Pythias is accused of and charged with plotting against the tyrannical Dionysius I of Syracuse. Pythias requests of Dionysius to be allowed to settle his affairs. Dionysius agrees, on the condition that Pythias' friend, Damon, be held hostage and, should Pythias not return, be executed in his stead. When Pythias returns, Dionysius, amazed by the love and trust in their friendship, frees them both. Greek legend As told by Aristoxenus, and after him Cicero (''De Offic.'' 3.45), Diodorus Siculus (10.4), and others, Pythias and his friend Damon, both followers of the philosopher Pythagoras, traveled to Syracuse during the reign of the tyrant Dionysius I (r. 405–367 BC). Pythias was accused of plotting against the tyrant and sentenced to death. Accepting his sentence, Pythias asked to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clubwoman
The woman's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the United States that established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform public policy. While women's organizations had always been a part of United States history, it was not until the Progressive era that it came to be considered a movement. The first wave of the club movement during the progressive era was started by white, middle-class, Protestant women, and a second phase was led by African-American women. These clubs, most of which had started out as social and literary gatherings, eventually became a source of reform for various issues in the U.S. Both African-American and white women's clubs were involved with issues surrounding education, temperance, child labor, juvenile justice, legal reform, environmental protection, library creation and more. Women's clubs helped start many initiatives such as kindergartens and juvenile court systems. Later, women's clubs tackle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannie Emanuel
Dr. Fannie Hagen Emanuel (July 31, 1871 – March 31, 1934) was an American medical doctor and civic leader active in Chicago over the early decades of the twentieth century. In 1908 she founded the Emanuel Settlement House in Chicago. Biography Fannie Hagan was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she graduated with high marks from Old Gains High School. She later moved to Chicago, Illinois, and married, on February 28, 1888, at Bethel Church, William Emanuel, proprietor of the Professor William Emanuel Scientific Chiropody Company. Her husband was born in Macon, Georgia, on December 1, 1862, and had relocated to Chicago from New York in 1887. After they married, Emanuel assisted her husband by serving as the firm's treasurer. The Emanuel chiropody clinic remained opened in the Chicago Loop for over thirty-five years.Simms, James N. ''Simms' Blue Book and National Negro Business and Professional Directory,'' 1923, p. 107 In 1908 Emanuel attended classes in social scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
