Category Archives: P.E.O.

To the Moon and Back

On this day in 1969, three men, the crew of Apollo 11, had just blasted off from the Florida coast and into the great beyond. Despite internet reports to the contrary of the three men aboard Apollo 11, only one … Continue reading

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Dr. Aldora Tyler, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Dr. Aldora Tyler spent almost her entire life in Clinton, Illinois. Born on April 20, 1862, she became a member of the Delta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta in 1881. At that time, the Delta Chapter was located at Illinois … Continue reading

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Chapter A, Illinois, on P.E.O’s Founding Day

On January 21, 1869, the P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded by seven young women. They were among the 75 or so collegiate level students enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan University. Legend has it that some, but not all of the seven had … Continue reading

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P.E.O.’s 2001 Convention of International Chapter, Nine Days After 9/11

The 75th Biennial Convention of International Chapter (CIC) of the P.E.O. Sisterhood begins this week. Instead of taking place in Portland, Oregon, as scheduled years ago, the convention will be virtual. It’s historic. I suspect the seven P.E.O. Founders could … Continue reading

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Alice Bird Babb, P.E.O. and Alpha Xi Delta

On April 17, 1893, Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois. The founders ranged in age from 15-year old Alice Barlett Bruner to a 25-year-old widow, Eliza Curtis. For nine years Alpha Xi remained a local organization … Continue reading

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Belle Cooledge, P.E.O., #WHM2020

Belle Cooledge, the first female mayor of an American city with more than 30,000 residents, was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. A Sacramento park, branch library, and community center are named for her. Cooledge was born on July 29, … Continue reading

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Happy 151st, P.E.O. Sisterhood!

On January 21, 1869, the P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded by seven young women. They were among the 85 or so collegiate level students enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan University. Legend has it that some, but not all of the seven had … Continue reading

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Harry Truman and Dick Cheney, Notable B.I.L.s of P.E.O.s

Hemmerle, “H.B.” Williams was a Chicago businessman. His wife, Lucinda Laura “Lulu” Corkhill, was one of the first initiates of the P.E.O. chapter at Iowa Wesleyan University after it was founded on January, 1869. She was 14 at the time and … Continue reading

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At the Convention of P.E.O.’s Ohio State Chapter

Last Friday was a very special day for me. I attended the convention of Ohio State Chapter of P.E.O. My Kappa Kappa Gamma friend, Kylie Smith, presided. We are both history nerds and we have attended the Fraternity and Sorority … Continue reading

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Effie Hoffman Rogers, P.E.O., #WHM2019

Effie Hoffman Rogers was not a founder of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, but she was a builder. Few people know the names of the builders, those who came after the founders and worked on making the organization into what it is … Continue reading

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