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(4) | None | These women aren't supposed to have existed. But they did. "Haunted Chambers," for the first time ever, presents not only the most complete list of early women Freemasons but also as much detail about their lives as can still be found. Here are their stories, long suppressed, ignored and marginalized. They include medieval women stone cutters; so-called "adoptive" women Freemasons; an aristocrat; a countess; an early New Brunswick settler; a war hero; a writer of women's rights; an immigrant Irish girl; the famed sculptress of Abraham Lincoln's statue in the US Capitol Rotunda and many whose names are now lost. Some will find this book a challenge. Some would rather it never had been written, let alone published. "Haunted Chambers" is highly recommended to anyone who wants the actual history of these early women Freemasons and aren't afraid to read it.… (more) |
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To Greg, my most beloved Profane  | |
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“ . . . and I have no doubt other ancient Lodges have their lady members just as ancient buildings have their haunted chambers.” W. Fred Vernon, 1892 edition of Ars Quatour Coronatorum | |
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It occurs to only the more enlightened of the Malecraft that women can – and do - have their own Lodges. They also meet in mixed Lodges. They do so without encroaching upon the men-only domain that is Malecraft Masonry. For Freemasonry is, for a fact and verifiably, triune in nature. There is Male-Only Masonry, there is Female-Only Masonry and there is Co- or Mixed Masonry.
And we know this system can work largely because it does. | |
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Two years prior, in his speech, “A Woman’s Place in Freemasonry: or Seeking Modernity”, Malecraft Freemason W. Bro. Graeme Love suggested a “soft option” as an alternative to consensus blindness.
“Brethren, keep in mind the ‘soft option’ - if we recognise such
‘non-irregular’ Masonic bodies such as Co-Masonry and Women’s
Freemasonry, then we can still allow for a greater acceptance of
single gender Freemasonry, and less pressure placed on ourselves to change. It is not so much women wanting to join Male Craft as the need for us men to recognize that women CAN meet as equallyintelligent creatures within the same independent environment.”
We certainly shall see. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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None ▾Book descriptions These women aren't supposed to have existed. But they did. "Haunted Chambers," for the first time ever, presents not only the most complete list of early women Freemasons but also as much detail about their lives as can still be found. Here are their stories, long suppressed, ignored and marginalized. They include medieval women stone cutters; so-called "adoptive" women Freemasons; an aristocrat; a countess; an early New Brunswick settler; a war hero; a writer of women's rights; an immigrant Irish girl; the famed sculptress of Abraham Lincoln's statue in the US Capitol Rotunda and many whose names are now lost. Some will find this book a challenge. Some would rather it never had been written, let alone published. "Haunted Chambers" is highly recommended to anyone who wants the actual history of these early women Freemasons and aren't afraid to read it. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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These women aren't supposed to have existed.
But they did.
"Haunted Chambers", for the first time ever, presents not only the most complete list of early women Freemasons but also as much detail about their lives as can still be found. Here are their stories, long suppressed, ignored and marginalized. They include medieval women stone cutters; so-called "adoptive" women Freemasons; an aristocrat; a countess; an early New Brunswick settler; a war hero; a writer of women's rights; an immigrant Irish girl; the famed sculptress of Abraham Lincoln's statue in the US Capitol Rotunda and many whose names are now lost.
Some will find this book a challenge. Some would rather it never had been written, let alone published. "Haunted Chambers" is highly recommended to anyone who wants the actual history of these early women Freemasons and aren't afraid to read it. | |
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I kept wanting to know more about these women's stories, but the author makes it clear that the challenge of such work is the dearth of detailed records.
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