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Two red ribbons for the Order of Canadian Home Circles, Springfield Ontario Chapter 368.
The Order of Canadian Home Circles merged with the Independent Order of Foresters (IOF) in 1896.
Springfield is small community NE of Aylmer Ontario.
Safety pins.
5" x 2"
The Order of Canadian Home Circles (O.C.H.C.) was an insurance order created specifically to admit both men and women. The O.C.H.C. was founded in 1879 in Boston by members of other fraternal orders who wanted an order where they could, “take their wives, daughters, sisters, and women friends, and give them the full beneficial and social privileges which membership in a society confers.” The order came to Ontario as the Order of Canadian Home Circles in 1884 and had a total of 8,000 members in North America by 1897. While the O.C.H.C. admitted both men and women, there were differences in their membership. The differences included their initiation fees, medical tests for initiation, and their coverage. When joining, the initiation fee men were required to pay was $7.00 whereas women only paid $2.50. Men were also made to undergo a urinary analysis as part of their admission process, whereas women did not.
The Springfield Circle No. 368 of the Order of Canadian Home Circles was established ca. 1890.
