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Category Archives: Grace Coolidge
Grace Coolidge, Pi Beta Phi and First Lady, Speaks!
By now, readers of this blog know that Grace Goodhue Coolidge is one of my favorite First Ladies. She was a charter member of the Vermont Beta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi and the chapter was installed in the Goodhue … Continue reading
A Bittersweet Day in the Archives
Upon my arrival at the Pi Beta Phi Archives yesterday, I was met with about 30 boxes of various sizes and shapes. They were the remains of my own chapter, the New York Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Its … Continue reading
Posted in Grace Coolidge, Pi Beta Phi, Syracuse University
Tagged Marilyn Stevens Smith, New York Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi, Pi Beta Phi, Syracuse University
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Happy Birthday, Carrie Chapman Catt!
“Carrie Chapman Catt, the person who was instrumental in getting women the right to vote, was in a sorority? You’ve got to be kidding me!,” exclaimed a student in the women’s studies discussion session I led years ago as a … Continue reading
Posted in Carrie Chapman Catt, Chi Omega, Founders' Day, Fraternity meetings, GLO, Grace Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Notable Sorority Women, Pi Beta Phi, Sorority History, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Carrie Chapman Catt, Chapter Loyalty Day, Pi Beta Phi
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Happy Birthday to My Favorite First Lady, Grace Coolidge!
January 3 is the birthday of Grace Goodhue Coolidge. Gracious and humble, she was a dedicated member of Pi Beta Phi, having been a charter member of the chapter at the University of Vermont. She also served as Alpha Province … Continue reading
Posted in Boston University, First Ladies, GLO, Grace Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Notable Sorority Women, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Beta Phi, Presidents, Sorority History, Uncategorized, University of Vermont, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Breezy Point Lodge, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Pequot, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Beta Phi, Woodrow Wilson
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New Ocean House, Swampscott, MA, the Site of Many Fraternity and Sorority Conventions
From the 1920s until the 1960s, the New Ocean House in Swampscott, Massachusetts, was the site of many conventions, including those of fraternities and sororities. Alpha Chi Omega’s 1924 convention took place at the New Ocean House. Kappa Kappa Gammas … Continue reading
Posted in Alpha Chi Omega, Calvin Coolidge, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, First Ladies, Fraternity meetings, GLO, Grace Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, The Anchora of Delta Gamma, The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, Uncategorized
Tagged Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Sigma, New Ocean House, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Swampscott
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An American Tragedy in Newtown Brings Thoughts of a First Lady
The events of this past Friday strike at the heart of us all. So many lives taken, so close to Christmas and none of it makes much sense. Among the dead are the six-year-old daughter of Jeff Previdi, a Bethany … Continue reading
Posted in Beta Theta Pi, Calvin Coolidge, First Ladies, GLO, Grace Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, Pi Beta Phi, Presidents, Uncategorized, University of Vermont
Tagged Grace Coolidge, Newton
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Installed on Thanksgiving – Pi Beta Phi at UVM
It’s Thanksgiving and that always makes me think of an event that happened in 1898 in Burlington, Vermont. The installation of the Vermont Beta Chapter of Pi Beta Phi took place in the Goodhue family home. The Goodhue’s only child … Continue reading
Posted in First Ladies, GLO, Grace Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization, Greek-letter Organization History, National Panhellenic Conference, Pi Beta Phi, Presidents, Sorority History, Uncategorized, University of Vermont, Women's Fraternity History
Tagged Grace Coolidge, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Greek-letter Organization History, Pi Beta Phi, sorority history, University of Vermont, women's fraternity history
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She Became First Lady by the Light of a Kerosene Lamp
Grace Goodhue Coolidge went to bed the evening of August 2, 1923 as the wife of the Vice President. She was awakened in the middle of the night. As her father-in-law, a Windsor County notary, administered the oath of office … Continue reading
Posted in Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, Phi Gamma Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Uncategorized
Tagged Calvin Coolidge, Pi Beta Phi
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“If My Father Were Your Father, You Would.” – Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
July 7, 1924 was most likely one of the worst days of Grace and Calvin Coolidge’s life together. Their youngest son, Calvin, Jr., died at the age of 16. On June 30, he had played tennis on the White House … Continue reading
Posted in Grace Coolidge, Uncategorized
Tagged Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Jr., Mercersburg Academy, White House
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