Girls from the most closed Near-Masonic youth organization

American photographer Alison Malone (Alison Malone) made portraits of girls from the Order of the "Daughter of Job", the most closed Near-Masonic youth organization, which Malone herself entered as a child.

Expert

15 years old, Minnesota. In addition to hiking, mini-golf, pool parties, parades and collective breakfasts with kidnappings, the "Daughters of Job" are also engaged in charity - helping the elderly and organizing the Hearing Aid Fund.

Secretary

13 years old, Pennsylvania. To become a "daughter of Job" can only be a girl between the ages of 10 and 20, but the main requirement, which distinguishes the order from all other similar organizations - it must have a blood relative, consisting in an adult Masonic lodge. The chapel of "Daughters of Job" is in the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil and the Philippines.

The fourth crier

15 years old, Minnesota. To create the "Daughters of Job" in 1920, the founder of the Order, Ethel Weed-Meek, inspired a quote from the Bible book of Job: "And he had seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first Emim, the second name - Cassius, and the third name - Kerengappuh. And there were not such beautiful women in the whole world as the daughters of Job, and the father gave them their inheritance among their brethren. " (42: 13-15)

Internal Guard

13 years old, Pennsylvania. Despite the name, "Daughters of Job," like the lodges of free masons, are open to all religions. The charter of the order stipulates that the oath that its members bring and whose full text is kept in strictest secrecy does not in any way conflict with any religious beliefs, most importantly, that the applicant should read at least some single higher deity.

Ruling Organizer

14 years old, Pennsylvania. Having reached the age of 20, the "Daughters of Job" must leave the organization, but the leadership suggests that they continue their Masonic activities in adult orders: the Amaranth women's order or the "Oriental Star" (together more than one million members in 20 countries).

Archivist

17 years old, Pennsylvania. Among the famous "Daughters of Job" are actresses Judy Garland (Dorothy Gale, "The Wizard of Oz"), Debbie Reynolds (Katie Selden, "Singing in the Rain") and Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones, Sex and the City).