Odd Fellowship: Its History and Manual

The Odd Fellows began in eighteenth century England and rapidly became a worldwide fraternal order. In America to an extent they attracted the working class and did not enjoy the popularity that the Freemasons did among the professionals and elite. Like the Masons, they created women's orders and military units, supported the United Nations with a youth program, and established homes for elderly and orphanages. Although still a nationwide presence, they have been much diminished in an era where …