The first always female Masonic lodge was established in Poland in 2000 – said Dr. Bożena Dołęgowska-Wysocka, author of the book “Masonka”. “The boxes can set an example of how to work together and talk differently. This is simply a school of citizenship," she added.
PAP: Masonery is covered in mystery in Poland, it is intertwined in most of the “contradictory theories” and primarily associated with men. However, we learn from your book “Masonka” that women have long had their place in free-multure.
Bożena Dołęgowska-Wysocka: I do not agree with the assertion of mystery. I've been an exposed Mason for 30 years. You can find quite a few information about masonry on the Internet. The lodges have their websites and social media accounts. In the case of Poland, it is rather a complex story, due to the fact that the past of free-multure in Poland has no continuity. Freemasonry has been banned and banned.
PAP: Let's start over.
B.D-W.: The first Masonic constitution, the alleged "Anderson Constitution", written in 1723, did not foresee the participation of women in this movement. 1 article states that slaves and women cannot be Masons. At the same time, it was not so much about their sex as about the fact that women did not have civilian rights at the time. They weren't full citizens. They were treated socially, for example, by daughters or by their husbands, possibly by family. At first, over 300 years ago, in the British Isles, the masonry was a gentleman's union. The past of this movement is inactive older and very complex, there are mentions of taking women to bed before the "Constitution of Anderson", but...
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