Society, Politics & Law
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
...certificates and badges. Initiation rites might humiliate the recruit and unite the membership but also remind all those involve that this organisation was a serious venture based on ethical values. Once a man had joined he would be obliged to attend members’ funerals, dressed in his sash and white gloves, and might soon be expected to take a minor role within rituals,...
