Category Archives: Kappa Kappa Gamma

Frances Steen Suddeth Josephson, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Frances Steen Suddeth Josephson grew up in Baltimore. She became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma while attending Goucher College where she was a biology major. Her goal was to become a doctor. Dorothy Stinson, the president of Goucher, was … Continue reading

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Tade Hartsuff Kuhns on Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Founders’ Day

On October 13, 1870, Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Having walked the Monmouth campus and downtown many times, I always try to envision what life was like for those 1870 coeds. It never fails … Continue reading

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Sorority Women on the 2023 U.S. World Cup Soccer Team

The United States Women’s World Cup Soccer Team has at least four sorority women on it. There are two Stanford University Kappa Kappa Gamma members on the team as well as two Stanford Kappa Alpha Thetas. They sorority women on … Continue reading

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Aryness Joy Wickens on Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Founders’ Day #NotableSororityWomen

On October 13, 1870, Kappa Kappa Gamma made its debut at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Kappa Kappa Gamma’s founders are Mary Moore “Minnie” Stewart, Anna Elizabeth Willits, Susan Burley Walker, Hanna Jeanette “Jennie” Boyd, Mary Louise “Lou” Bennett,  and … Continue reading

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April 19, 1995 – Fraternity and Sorority Members Who Perished in the Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building

April 19, 1995 started off as an ordinary day for the residents of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is etched in the minds of all who were touched by the events of the day or those who watched on television, listened … Continue reading

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Mary Conway Kohler, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Mary Conway Kohler was one of the first women to graduate from Stanford School of Law. She began her career as a lawyer and then a judge. Her passion was as a child welfare advocate. She became an initiated member … Continue reading

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Anna Harbottle Whittic, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Anna Harbottle (Whittic) was born in Ossining, New York, and she attended Syracuse University. There she joined the Beta Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Graduating in 1895, she earned a master’s degree from Syracuse the following year. She won … Continue reading

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Friday GLO Mailbag

Happy Friday! January has been a longgggggggggg month, but the days are getting longer. Someone asked about reading the magazines of GLO organizations. Most current issues are available on-line. Visit the organization’s website and do some poking around. Some organizations … 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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Shelley Smith Mydans, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

This is the first time in my years of writing #WHM posts that I am featuring a mother and daughter back to back. Yesterday’s post was about May Hurlburt Smith, an Alpha Phi. Today’s spotlight is on her daughter, Shelley … Continue reading

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