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Post by gaslight on Sept 16, 2007 2:40:46 GMT
ichabod and jmd: Many thanks for your responses about Women of the Golden Dawn. Astrology and Tarot are not my cuppa, and neither is psychological reductionism, but I decided to order the book anyway. Curiosity got the better of me.
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Post by leonardo on Jan 20, 2008 14:52:37 GMT
Vinnie Ream sounds a most remarkable woman. I never heard of her before so thanks for sharing this information.
This thread is becoming even more valuable with each new addition and would make a great resource are for anyone writing a more complete book on women on the Craft.
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Post by sniffles on Feb 8, 2008 3:49:19 GMT
Lets not forget sister J. Edgar Hoover.
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Post by pastmasterchris on Feb 8, 2008 13:55:16 GMT
Bro. Philip, I've got more names now... Eileen Gray, Grand Master 1994 - 2002 Hi - I've only just picked up this thread, but I thought you might be interested in this potted biography of our fifth Grand Master Eileen Gray Eileen Gray ... 1946 Eileen with two others were the first women to ride for Great Britain - in Copenhagen. 1947 Served on London Centre National Cycling Union Committee at Herne Hill, where she lobbied and gained the first chance for girls to compete for their own National Titles on the Track. 1949 Women's Track Racing Association was formed. ... As the BCF did not intend to send a full team, Eileen organised a FUND RAISING to send two extra girls, making it a team of 6 riders. 1963 Eileen became the President of the WCRA and served until 1976. 1973 Eileen became the President of the British Cycling Federation and served until 1986. 1978 Eileen received the OBE for her work on behalf of the sport of cycle racing. 1984 The Olympics for women cyclists were gained due to Eileen's hard work. 1988 Eileen was the first women to become 'Vice Chair' on the British Olympic Committee. 1991 Mayor of Kingston, Surrey. 1997 Eileen received the CBE Eileen Gray is, and has been for 7 years now, the Chairman of London Heathrow Youth Games. She is also currently Vice President of her local arts. Not quite sure when this was written as I think she may still be involved with the London Youth Games and the British Olympic movement.
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Post by maximus on Feb 8, 2008 16:22:34 GMT
Lets not forget sister J. Edgar Hoover. One more example of how the oligarchs plot to keep the truth from us, you're thinking--not that this is something you necessarily want to see covered in sixth grade social studies. But as a matter of fact, the alleged transvestitism of John Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972, has never been established, and reputable historians say it's an urban legend. The story probably got its start because of much more plausible rumors that J. Edgar was gay. He and his right-hand man, Clyde Tolson, were constant companions for more than 40 years, even vacationing together, and both remained lifelong bachelors. (Hoover lived with his mom until she died in 1938.) They say Richard Nixon, on hearing of Hoover's death, exclaimed with his customary delicacy, "Jesus Christ! That old c*******r!" The cross-dressing thing, however, is a definite no. The story appears in Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover (1993), a gossipy biography by British journalist Anthony Summers, who has also written a JFK assassination conspiracy book. Summers says he got his info from Susan Rosenstiel, fourth wife of Lewis Rosenstiel, chairman of Schenley Industries, a liquor distiller with reputed mob connections. Ms. Rosenstiel claimed that in 1958 she and her husband went to a party at a New York hotel, where they met Hoover and McCarthy witch-hunt lawyer Roy Cohn. Hoover, whom Cohn introduced as "Mary," was supposedly wearing a wig, a black dress, lace stockings, and high heels. Hoover went into a bedroom, took off his skirt to reveal a garter belt, and had a couple of blond boys--one wearing rubber gloves--"work on him with their hands." Cohn and Hoover then watched while Lewis Rosenstiel had sex with the boys. A year later Ms. Rosenstiel attended another party at the same hotel; this time Hoover wore a red dress and a black feather boa. He had one of the blond boys, who were now dressed in leather, read to him from a Bible while the other "played" with him. Hoover then grabbed the Bible, tossed it down, and told the first boy to join in. Most researchers, including many hostile to Hoover, say this story is ludicrous. In a 1993 Esquire article, journalist Peter Maas wrote that Susan Rosenstiel, the sole source of the cross-dressing allegations, had "been trying to peddle this story for years," apparently because she believed Hoover had put FBI agents on her tail to help her husband during their divorce. According to Ronald Kessler, author of The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI (2002), Ms. Rosenstiel did jail time for perjury in connection with a 1971 case. Even if she had a shred of credibility, it'd be hard to take this particular tale seriously. Hoover was an old hand at blackmail--he used incriminating information his agency collected about prominent people to maintain his hold on office and otherwise get his way. Would a man with so many enemies put himself in a position to be blackmailed by waltzing around a hotel in drag? Summers also claims that the FBI gave the Mafia a pass for many years because mob boss Meyer Lansky had a photo of Hoover and Tolson having sex. (Apparently a photo of two men humping on a beach did exist, but one source who claims he saw it says it was too blurry to permit the men to be identified.) Though Hoover did appear reluctant to go after organized crime, most observers think that was because he preferred easy targets to bulk up his arrest records. Once ordered to take on the mob by Robert Kennedy, Hoover pursued Lansky in particular with zeal--irrational behavior if Lansky could expose him. Maas also wrote that when he asked Lansky's closest associate about the photo, the old mafioso replied, "Are you nuts?" Which brings us back to Tolson, and to Hoover's rumored homosexuality. There were hints about this throughout the FBI boss's career, some of them admittedly a little silly. A 1930s magazine article describes Hoover's mincing step. He was a bit dandyish, favoring white linen suits as a young man; he had classical statues of male nudes at his home, and one of his hobbies was antique collecting. On the more serious side, many people sensed that his long relationship with Tolson was more than a friendship--the pair never lived together, but they're buried side by side. Today some gay activists include Hoover and Tolson in their pantheons of famous gay couples. But appearances notwithstanding, no one has found concrete evidence that the two men were anything other than buds. Given Hoover's ability to cover his tracks--his associates, with Tolson's help, destroyed many of his files upon his death--it's unlikely anyone ever will. --CECIL ADAMS Source: www.straightdope.com/columns/021206.html
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Post by corab on Feb 10, 2008 21:42:21 GMT
Pardon the slight diversion, Brn:., but I would be very grateful indeed if anyone could shed any verifiable light on a question that was posed to me some time ago: was Lady Frieda Harris a co-mason or not?
Bro:. Karen has already given me some very helpful hints in this respect, but line of enquiry has regrettably run dry on this.
I am the editor of my Federation's Newsletter and have been asked to write an article on this, so any light any of you might be able to shed on this would be most gratefully accepted.
With frat. love, S&F,
Cora
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Post by lauderdale on Feb 10, 2008 22:27:38 GMT
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Post by corab on Feb 10, 2008 22:48:48 GMT
Yes, and it doesn't provide the answers I need -- apart from that I have little faith in the factual correctness of an open-source medium such as wikipedia, from which this is taken.
Thanks anyway!
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