Category Archives: Wesleyan College

Happy Founders’ Day, Alpha Delta Pi

On May 15, 1851, Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia by six young women. The founders are Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald, Ella Pierce Turner, Octavia Andrew Rush, Mary Evans Glass, Sophronia Woodruff … Continue reading

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What Happened to Sororities at Wesleyan College?

Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, is the founding home of Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu. About 100 years ago the sororities were forced to close.

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On Alpha Delta Pi’s Founders’ Day

Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. In 1905, the sisterhood changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi and installed its second chapter at Salem College in … Continue reading

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A Quick Stop in Macon

We have made the drive from home to Florida dozens of times over the years my parents lived in Florida. Each time I saw the sign for Wesleyan College, I thought how nice it would be to visit the home … Continue reading

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Mary Ellen Weber, Ph.D., Phi Mu, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019

Mary Ellen Weber joined Phi Mu when she was a student at Purdue University. She earned her B.S. with honors in Chemical Engineering in 1984. Four years later, she became Dr. Weber after earning a Ph.D. from the University of … Continue reading

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On Alpha Delta Pi’s Founders’ Day

Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. In 1905, the Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi and installed its second chapter at Salem College in … Continue reading

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Dr. Sara Branham, Alpha Delta Pi, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

Sara Branham graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, in 1907. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Flournoy Stone, was a member of the Class of 1840. Her mother, Amanda Stone Branham, graduated in 1885, and was a member of the Adelphean Society, … Continue reading

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Grace Lumpkin, Phi Mu, #notablesororitywomen #WHM2017

Phi Mu was founded on January 4, 1852 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Originally known as the Philomathean Society, it was founded by Mary DuPont (Lines), Mary Myrick (Daniel) and Martha Hardaway (Redding). The founding was publicly announced on March 4, … Continue reading

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#WHM – Phi Mu’s Jerrie Mock, Aviator Extraordinaire

Geraldine “Jerrie” Fredritz Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world was an initiate of the Phi Mu chapter at The Ohio State University. Mock took her first plane ride at age seven, in a Ford Trimotor airplane. In 1958, she … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Delta Pi!

Today, May 15, is Alpha Delta Pi’s Founders’ Day. I have been away from a real computer all day and now with about an hour left to spare before it becomes tomorrow, I wish Alpha Delta Pi a Happy Founders’ Day. Alpha Delta … Continue reading

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