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Welcome! Chances are good you found this blog by searching for something about fraternities or sororities.
I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too.
When I made my way to Syracuse University, I saw the houses with the Greek letters that edged Walnut Park, and wished I could tour them. My roommate suggested I sign up for rush (as it was then called, today it’s known as recruitment) and go through the house tour round and then drop out of rush. It sounded like a plan. I didn’t realize that I would end up feeling at home at one of the chapters. And that I would become a member.
In this blog I will share the history of GLOs and other topics. I wrote a dissertation on “Coeducation and the History of Women’s Fraternities 1867-1902.″ It chronicles the growth of the system and the birth of the National Panhellenic Conference.
My Master’s thesis details the history of the fraternity system at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1948-1960. The dates are significant ones and the thesis is available on the top menu.
I have done research at the Student Life Archives and have written several histories of University of Illinois fraternity chapters for the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing.
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Doctors Who Wore Badges: Fraternity Women in Medicine 1867-1902
Female Senators and Their Sorority Affiliation – 2019 Edition
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Fraternity Women Who Were Lawyers, 1867-1902 (When Women Could Not Vote!)
Hidden Figures on Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders’ Day
Sorority Women Writing Stories Whose Characters Are Sorority Women
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Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D.
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Crown Princess Martha of Norway
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Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley (Arnold)
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Category Archives: Sigma Kappa
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows, Ph.D., M.D., Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows grew up in West Virginia where her father was a doctor. She married Harold Franklin Enlows on September 7, 1910. She earned a bachelor’s degree with distinction from George Washington University in 1915. The Enlows were … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day, Sigma Kappa!
Sigma Kappa was founded on November 9, 1874, by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The five … Continue reading
Margot Sherman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2022
Margot Sherman, the professional name of Margaret Sherman Peet, was initiated into the Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Kappa at the University of Michigan. She earned a bachelor’s in journalism in 1927 and was the first female to graduate from … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day, Sigma Kappa!
Sigma Kappa was founded on November 9, 1874, by five young women. They were the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The group received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution … Continue reading
Esther Mosher Schneider, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Esther Mosher (Schneider), born in 1906, lived in Auburn, New York, her entire life, except for her time in college. She graduated from Cornell University in 1928 where she was a member of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma Kappa. … Continue reading
A Sigma Kappa Lodge on Founders’ Day
On November 9, 1874, Sigma Kappa was founded by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Elydia Foss Shipman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2019
After graduation from high school in Machias, Maine, in 1899, Elydia Foss (Shipman) enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She became a member of Sigma Kappa in the fall of 1900. After two years at Colby, she was called … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day Sigma Kappa!
On November 9, 1874, Sigma Kappa was founded by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The … Continue reading
Clara Dockum Van Auken, Sigma Kappa, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
In 1919, Ethel R. Dockum-Shaw wrote to the Sigma Kappa Triangle sharing information about her biological and Sigma Kappa sister, Clara Dockum. According to Ethel, Clara started with Theta Chapter at the University of Illinois in 1908 and graduated from Epsilon … Continue reading
Mary Ann Newcomb (Cornwell), Sigma Kappa, #amazingsororitywoman, #WHM2017
Mary Ann Newcomb was a member of the George Washington University chapter of Sigma Kappa. For a time she served as Vice-President. The September 1918 Sigma Kappa Triangle reported that she was “preparing to go to France in the fall … Continue reading
