However in the years that followed only a few Lodges of this degree were created and in 1877 the Supreme Lodge abolished the degree. In 1875, the Supreme Lodge created a female auxiliary called the Degree of Protection open to the wives, mothers, sisters and unmarried daughters of the Knights, as well as males who were already members of the Knights of Honor. Membership was open all acceptable white men of good moral character, who believed in God, were of good bodily health and able to support themselves and their family. Unlike most fraternal orders of its day, the Knights of Honor did not require prospective members to swear an oath in the initiation rite, but merely to promise to obey the rules of the order and "protect a worthy brother in his adversities and afflictions." The secrecy of the order was declared to be only that which was necessary to keep "intruders and unworthy men" from gaining benefits. The origin of the order goes back to disputes in the state of Kentucky among members of the Order of United American Mechanics and the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Kentucky in the early 1870s. The Knights were one of the most successful fraternal beneficiary societies of its time.
of H.) was a fraternal order and secret society in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century.
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