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The United Order of Tents is an organization for African-American churchwomen founded in Norfolk, Virginia, [1] in 1867 by Annetta M. Lane (c. 1838-1908) [2] and Harriet R. Taylor. [3] There are chapters across the United States.
[1] [8] The most successful, however, was the Independent Order of Rechabites, which was founded in 1842 and was reported to have 990,000 at the beginning of the twentieth century. Like the Order in Britain, its local groups were called Tents. The national structure was the "High Tent" and the order was headquartered in Washington, DC.
Many United Order communities were set up amongst Mormon towns beginning in 1874. One in particular was the United Order of Kanab, which was a settlement initiated by Brigham Young. Kanab was established in 1870. That year, John R. Young and the local bishop, Levi Stewart, began colonizing this area and twelve families followed to begin this ...
After the Civil War, Allen was involved with African American economic self-help and fraternal organizations, including the Order of the Eastern Star and the United Order of Tents, with whom she was a senior matron and board member. [3] [2] She was a member of the Independent Order of St. Luke, serving as its grand chief.
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In subsequent years the congregations grew enormously, and many of the thousands in attendance were housed in large tents known as "society tents." A congregation from a church on the mainland would maintain its own society tent. Conditions were cramped, with men and women sleeping dormitory-style on opposite sides of a central canvas divider.
The banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs is in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and is on view there. [ 3 ] References
The first African American women's club in Alabama, the "Ten Times One is Ten Club" was established in Montgomery, Alabama in 1888. [1] [2] Laura Coleman, the founder, wanted to create a club to both improve the lives of the members and the community. [2]