But a new Council for Freemasonry has been established as a governing body to cover female as well as male members of the order in England and Wales. It will bring together the men’s United ...

For 200 years, Freemasonry was exclusively for men. The first female lodge in the UK opened in 1908, and there are now two lodges in England, with around 4,700 members. However, Freemason lodges ...