Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1898 — Knights of Honor Bar Womens [ARTICLE]

Knights of Honor Bar Womens

The Supreme lodge, Knights of Honor, In session at Washington, by a vote of G 4 to 23, decided not to admit women to membership in the order. The ground taken was that an organization numbering JOO,OOO bad been built up, and it ivould be unsafe to risk any fundamental change. The visiting Knights and their wives were given a reception by President McKinley.