On December 1, 1874, Queen Esther Chapter No. 1 became the first Prince Hall Affiliate chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star when it was established in Washington, D.C. by Thornton Andrew Jackson.
Her fraternal grandmother was the state president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and a member of the women’s wing of the Masons called the Order of the Eastern Star.
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Eureka Masonic College, Richland, Mississippi, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse", birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star
The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.