Letter of the month: August 1997

To: "Phil\\Janet Crowther" <crowther@southwind.net>
Subject: Re: Question about Freemasonry 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:39:53 CDT."
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} Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:39:53 -0500
} From: "Phil\\Janet Crowther" <crowther@southwind.net>
} To: dryfoo@MIT.EDU
} Subject: Question about Freemasonry
}
} Dear Mr. Dryfoos,
}
} My question to you about Freemasonry is : Why aren't women allowed to
} join?  I mean no offense, and that there is a good reason, or at least a
} reason.  Thanks for your time.
} 
} Sincerely,
} Jayson Crowther

Dear Jayson,

Since I get asked this question a lot, I went through my web-site to see if I hadn't already answered it somewhere.

In fact, I had, and on re-reading the answer, there's very little I'd change, so I think it's best if I just point you to http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Essays/women-masonry.html

Thanks for writing to ask, thereby encouraging me to excavate this previous answer and get it out into a more visible spot on my web-site as well.

If you think I've left some part of your question unanswered, or you have more questions, please feel free to write again.

sincerely,

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