Secret Societies for Women???

[CASIGKAP]

Is there such a thing as a secret society for women? I keep hearing about the Skulls, Bohemian Club, and lots of other organizations for men but is there any "rumored" or "factual" secret society for women?

Or are we better secret keepers and that's why you don't hear about them? (I hope I didn't open a hornets nest here with the guys)

Finally, can anyone remember the name of the mens group that meets somewhere in Europe (Germany?) that has these weird names for its members. I remember hearing about them & that Pres. George W. Bush is named "Temporary".

[RedHot]

I know I read a magazine article that said Barbara Bush ( the young one) was a member of a Yale secret society. They also showed one on Mona Lisa Smile...

[AOII*Azra-elle]

There was a thread on this somewhere on here at one time. I know it had a link to a university that had secret societies...they mentions Sevens. That's all I remember, maybe someone could put that link up either to the university or to the thread....

[seraphimsprite]

Originally posted by CASIGKAP

Finally, can anyone remember the name of the mens group that meets somewhere in Europe (Germany?) that has these weird names for its members. I remember hearing about them & that Pres. George W. Bush is named "Temporary".

"Temporary" was supposedly Bush's name in Skull and Bones. Everyone was supposed to come up with their own name and he couldn't think of one so they called him "temporary" and it stuck. At least that's what I read in a recent vanity fair. (But the article was written by none other than our dear Alexandra Robbins, so I'd take it with a rather large grain of salt.)

As far as secret societies for women, I'm sure there have been many over the years, both co-ed and women only. I don't think its a matter of women being better at keeping secrets - I just don't think any of them have the "prestige" of Skull and Bones. But even Skull and Bones admits women now.

[seraphimsprite]

Originally posted by AOII*Azra-elle
There was a thread on this somewhere on here at one time. I know it had a link to a university that had secret societies...they mentions Sevens. That's all I remember, maybe someone could put that link up either to the university or to the thread....

I think this is the thread:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...highlight=Imps
Sevens, IMPS and Zs are the socieites at the University of Virginia. I think they're all co-ed?

[Imperial1]

The Skulls really exist??!?!?!?!??!

Imperial1

[CASIGKAP]

I finally remembered. The name I was looking for was The Bilderburgs. That's the secret society I was referring to.

I also remembered some others.

The Priory of Scion
The Illuminati
The Hashishans (aka Assassins)
The Knights Templar
The Order of Lady of Scion
Ordo Templi Orientis
The Trilateral Commission

Granted I don't know much about most of these or if they even exist to this day if they ever did but it's interesting & worth looking into.

[BabyP]

I think part of it is because women have been going to universities fairly recently, you dont see women in universities before the 1940's. so I think in the future, especially with more women starting to take positions of power and high titled positions, there may be developments of secret societies or elite groups.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by CASIGKAP
I finally remembered. The name I was looking for was The Bilderburgs. That's the secret society I was referring to.

I also remembered some others.

The Priory of Scion
The Illuminati
The Hashishans (aka Assassins)
The Knights Templar
The Order of Lady of Scion
Ordo Templi Orientis
The Trilateral Commission

Granted I don't know much about most of these or if they even exist to this day if they ever did but it's interesting & worth looking into.

I haven't heard of the Priory od Scion, the Hashishans, the Order of Lady of Scion, or Ordo Templi Orientis.

The Illuminati probably never existed, and is nothing more than a literary creation.

The Knights Templar existed, but I don't know enough about them to comment on their purpose through the ages.

Bilderberg is not a secret society, but a periodic private meeting to discuss Atlanticist issues.

The Trialteral Commision is also not a secret society, and their website is: http://www.trilateral.org/

As far as I'm aware, there are no secret societies exclusively for women. Harvard does have a few women only finals clubs that are fairly new, but I wouldn't classify these as secret in the way that Scroll & Key or Scull & Bones is.

[MissEm]

There are secret societies for women but we are better secret keepers about them. There is a women's version of the free masons, and various other groups. Most of the Yale societies are now coed as well. The bilderbergers are not strictly a male society, ifluential people of both sexes are members. Groups such as the illuminati and the knights templar also have female members now. In the case of the illuminati they believe that Mary Magdalene and Jesus had a child together and were in fact married. Just some trivia that I've picked up from being a history buff.

[Taualumna]

I think we just have different interests. Historically, women's groups tend to be more on the philanthropic and/or the social side rather than a general "secret society".

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by MissEm
There are secret societies for women but we are better secret keepers about them. There is a women's version of the free masons, and various other groups. Most of the Yale societies are now coed as well. The bilderbergers are not strictly a male society, ifluential people of both sexes are members. Groups such as the illuminati and the knights templar also have female members now. In the case of the illuminati they believe that Mary Magdalene and Jesus had a child together and were in fact married. Just some trivia that I've picked up from being a history buff.

Bilderberg is not a society. What proof do you have that the Illuminati ever existed?

[CASIGKAP]

These are just general comments. Some of the things I've gathered are b/c my uncle is a theologian & he's commented numerous times on what he's researched & theorizes about some societies.

However, I hope people don't take books like The DaVinci Code & Angels & Demons are the gospel b/c they are fiction novels with some skewed history thrown in.

[thetalady]

Originally posted by BabyP
I think part of it is because women have been going to universities fairly recently, you dont see women in universities before the 1940's.

EXCUSE ME?????

What rock have you been living under?

Women have been attending and succeeding in colleges and universities in the United States since the late 1800's. You'll notice that the first collegiate fraternities and societies for women were founded 1851 to 1870.

1851 Alpha Delta Pi (Adelphean)
1852 Phi Mu (Philomethean)
1867 Pi Beta Phi (IC Sorosis)
1870 Kappa Alpha Theta
1870 Kappa Kappa Gamma

Stands to reason that you have to have women in universities to have these organizations start and grow.

[Lindz928]

Originally posted by thetalady
EXCUSE ME?????

What rock have you been living under?

Women have been attending and succeeding in colleges and universities in the United States since the late 1800's. You'll notice that the first collegiate fraternities and societies for women were founded 1851 to 1870.

1851 Alpha Delta Pi (Adelphean)
1852 Phi Mu (Philomethean)
1867 Pi Beta Phi (IC Sorosis)
1870 Kappa Alpha Theta
1870 Kappa Kappa Gamma

Stands to reason that you have to have women in universities to have these organizations start and grow.

Just to add- The Adelphean and Philomathean Societies were founded at a WOMEN'S university (Wesleyan Female College). The first college to grant a degree to a woman.

So I agree, women have been attending universities since way before the 1940's.