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  2. Order of Women Freemasons - Wikipedia

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    The second and all subsequent Grand Masters have been women. [1] The sanctions of United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) against any of their members who associated with “irregular bodies” of Freemasons, including those admitting women, meant that there were few male candidates after 1910.

  3. Freemasonry and women - Wikipedia

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    Among Anderson's Ancient Charges, still enshrined in the constitutions of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and many other Grand Lodges, is a description of the person who may be admitted to Freemasonry, "good and true men, free-born, and of mature and discreet age and sound judgement, no bondmen, no women, no immoral or scandalous men ...

  4. United Grand Lodge of England - Wikipedia

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    The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales, and the Commonwealth of Nations.Claiming descent from the Masonic Grand Lodge formed 24 June 1717 at the Goose & Gridiron Tavern in London, it is considered to be the oldest Masonic Grand Lodge in the world, together with the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and the Grand Lodge of ...

  5. Freemasons rule trans women can stay members - AOL

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    The United Grand Lodge of England announced the changes in its new gender reassignment policy document.

  6. Freemasonry - Wikipedia

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    The United Grand Lodge of England issued a statement in 1999 recognising the two women's grand lodges there, The Order of Women Freemasons [133] and The Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons, [134] to be regular in all but the participants. While they were not, therefore, recognised as regular, they were part of Freemasonry "in general".

  7. List of Masonic Grand Lodges - Wikipedia

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    A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of ...

  8. Masonic bodies - Wikipedia

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    The United Grand Lodge of England (which has no direct authority over other Grand Lodges, but as the world's oldest Grand Lodge, [7] has a historical influence in terms of regularity and practice) defines "pure, ancient Freemasonry" as consisting of the three degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason, including the supreme ...

  9. History of Masonic Grand Lodges in North America - Wikipedia

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    Premier Grand Lodge of England - est. June 24, 1717 - (Merged with Ancient Grand Lodge of England, or "The Ancients", to form the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813) [1] Grand Lodge of Ireland - est. June 24, 1725 [2] Grand Lodge of Scotland - est. 1736 [3]