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340 - The Skull and Bones aka The Brotherhood of Death

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Skull and Bones Society

The tomb was closed down while members argued over whether or not to admit women to the society, as I mentioned. In July of 1991, the alumni voted 368 to 320 to admit women. A group of alumni filed a suit alleging that the vote was fraudulent. They settled with a new vote before the issue went to trial. On October 24th, 1991, the Skull and Bones Society voted again to allow women into the group. Over 125 members entered the tomb for the vote. This would allow the six women and nine men who were chosen in April of 1991 to be members of the Skull and Bone Society. One unidentified woman said she really had to think about her decision to join, since almost

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