Georges Martin (freemason)
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Georges Martin (9 May 1844, Paris – 1 October 1916, Paris) was a French doctor, politician and
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Masonic Membership

He was initiated on 21 March 1879 into the ''Union et Bienfaisance'' lodge of the
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. He was one of the founders of France's "Symbolic Scottish Grand Lodge". From 1890, he worked unsuccessfully for women's initiation within the male jurisdictions.


Founding of Co-Masonry

He assisted in the initiation of
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on 14 January 1882 into ''Les Libres Penseurs'' lodge in
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, and together, they founded the first mixed-sex lodge in 1893, the ''Grande Loge Symbolique Écossaise "Le Droit Humain"''. This mother-lodge became the basis for the creation of
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lodge, the origins of
Co-Masonry Co-Freemasonry is a form of Freemasonry which admits both men and women. It began in France in the 1890s with the forming of Le Droit Humain, and is now an international movement represented by several Co-Freemasonic administrations throughout th ...
; he devoted himself to the national and international development of this from 1883 to 1916. In 1901, he created "Le Droit Humain"'s Supreme Council under the authority of which all the lodges were placed.https://ledroithumain.international/le-droit-humain-history/?lang=en History of Le Droit Humain


See also

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Le Droit Humain The International Order of Freemasonry ''Le Droit Humain'' is a global Masonic Order, membership of which is available to men and women on equal terms, regardless of nationality, religion or ethnicity. History The Order is founded on the an ...


External links


International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, LE DROIT HUMAIN

International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, LE DROIT HUMAIN - French Federation



References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Georges 1844 births 1916 deaths Physicians from Paris 19th-century French physicians French Freemasons Senators of Seine (department)