Our Story
Job’s Daughters began with a mission to teach young women the skills that have been handed down from some of history’s greatest leaders and thinkers. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote. That year, a forward-thinking woman in Nebraska named Ethel T. Wead Mick saw a need for an organization for young women that would mirror the changing times. Fusing her love of a biblical story with the leadership traits of modern democracy, Mrs. Mick founded the Order of Job’s Daughters from a passage of scripture, Job 42:15. “In all the land were found no women so fair as the Daughters of Job and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren” (NKJV).
The fact that the time-honored story of Job’s patience and faith in resisting trials and temptations concludes with a reference to Job’s unusual gift—Of making his daughters equal to their brothers— stood out to Mrs. Mick as a hopeful sign for the future of women.
By applying this idea to the foundations of an organization that has it’s roots in Enlightenment philosophy, Mrs. Mick fulfilled a great need among young women searching for connection and the ability to achieve great things among their brethren.
Today, our program has expanded to five countries and our members are making a difference every day through their careers and in their communities.