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A TRIBUTE TO MRS. MICK by Tomilynn W. McManus, PHQ, PSG Ethel T. Wead Mick was born March 9, 1881, in Atlantic, Iowa, to William Henry Wead and Elizabeth Delight Hutchinson Wead, the youngest child in a family of two brothers and one sister. Her family was a closely knit one and very religious. Her mother read Bible stories nightly to her children and often referred to the Book of Job, stating her hope that her daughters would become as "fair as the daughters of Job." This influence eventually resulted in the founding of the International Order of Job's Daughters. While attending the Creighton Medical College in Omaha, Ethel Wead met William Henry Mick, a fellow medical student and they were married in May 1904. They had two daughters: Ethel and Ruth. Mrs. Mick's hobbies included singing, oil painting, china painting, reading, traveling, and participating in several different fraternal and civic clubs. Mrs. Mick passed away on February 21, 1957, at Shaker Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, and is buried in Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Mick's gift to us, our beautiful International Order of Job's Daughters, brings to each member the joy and opportunity of working within the Masonic family as young women. And, our gratitude to Mrs. Mick for creating this organization is measured by the manner in which we strive to represent the ideas and teachings of our Order in our daily lives. Thank you, Mrs. Mick, for creating our wonderful Order. Your vision has made my life full, and your dream has come true time and time again as young women robed in white gather together to "Open the Gates of the Bethel". ["A Tribute to Mrs. Mick" was written in 1986, and published in the Supreme News Exchange (Special Issue: IOJD History), March 1990, and subsequently appeared on the author’s personal website in February 1996. The photograph of Mrs. Mick is from a postcard available from the Supreme Guardian Council office. ]
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