Category Archives: University of Nebraska

Ina Gittings, Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen

Alpha Phi is the oldest of the Syracuse Triad, the three women’s National Panhellenic Conference organizations founded at Syracuse University in upstate New York. The triad consists of Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Gamma Delta. A chapter of … Continue reading

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Gladys Wilkerson Lawrence, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Gladys Wilkinson was born in Nebraska on May 30, 1894. She travelled abroad in 1910 and 1913. As a student at the University of Nebraska, she was a charter member of the Pi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta when it … Continue reading

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Lulu Runge on Alpha Xi Delta Founders’ Day #NotableSororityWomen

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois on April 17, 1893. In 1902, it became a national organization when it established its Beta Chapter at Iowa Wesleyan University. The history of the Beta Chapter eclipses the … Continue reading

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Edith and Grace Abbott, Delta Gamma, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

March 15 is the date upon which Delta Gamma celebrates Founders’ Day. The organization was founded by Anna Boyd Ellington, Eva Webb Dodd and Mary Comfort Leonard, students at the Lewis School for Girls. Due to inclement weather and difficult … Continue reading

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An Exercise in Futility?

I often wonder why I couldn’t be interested in blogging about something with more mass appeal than the history of fraternities and sororities. Convincing members of GLOs that is important to know the history of their own GLO as well as … Continue reading

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#WHM – Kate Arlene Goldstein Kamen, Sigma Delta Tau and Fashion Stylist

On March 25, 1917, seven female Cornell University students founded Sigma Delta Tau. Their organization was originally called Sigma Delta Phi, but when they discovered the name belonged to another Greek-letter organization they changed the “Phi” to “Tau.” Sigma Delta Tau’s … Continue reading

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