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Marcia Malone Slavin, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

t hitMarcia Malone Slaven was born in Grafton, West Virginia on July 17, 1932. In 1950, she enrolled at West Virginia University after graduating from Grafton High School. She was a student at WVU’s School of Pharmacy. In 1950, pharmacy … Continue reading

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Ella Lillian Wall Van Leer, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023

Ella Lillian Wall (Van Leer)  became a member of Alpha Xi Delta at the University of California-Berkeley. She was born in the city in 1892 and graduated from Berkeley High School. At Berkeley, she founded Delta Epsilon, an art honor … Continue reading

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Vetabelle Phillips Carter, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Vetabelle Philips Carter became a member of the Alpha Xi Delta chapter at the University of Washington. The chapter was founded in 1907. In one of its first chapter reports includes this information: two pledges have also been added to … Continue reading

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On Alpha Xi Delta’s Founders’ Day, Its Connection to the P.E.O. Sisterhood

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, on April 17, 1893. Its founders are Cora Bollinger (Block), Alice Bartlett (Bruner), Bertha Cook (Evans), Harriett Luella McCollum (Gossow), Lucy W. Gilmer, Lewie Strong (Taylor), Almira Lowry Cheney, … Continue reading

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Dr. Bessie and Anne Pierce, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Sisters Bessie Louise Pierce and Anne Elise Pierce were members of the University of Iowa chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. Bessie graduated in 1910 and Anne in 1927. Bessie Louise Pierce, Ph.D. Although Bessie Louise Pierce was born in Caro, … Continue reading

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May 4, 1970, Kent State University

On a rather sad note, today is the anniversary of the Kent State University shootings which took place in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee … 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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Mabel Hartzell, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

On January 1, 1875, Mabel Hartzell was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She was eight years old when her family moved to Alliance, Ohio. Shortly after the move her mother died. Hartzell was adopted by Matthew and Mary Earley. They let … Continue reading

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Lulu Runge on Alpha Xi Delta Founders’ Day #NotableSororityWomen

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois on April 17, 1893. In 1902, it became a national organization when it established its Beta Chapter at Iowa Wesleyan University. The history of the Beta Chapter eclipses the … Continue reading

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Theo Fenton Bird, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019

Theo Fenton (Bird) and her sisters Polly and Ida were early initiates of the Theta Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta at the University of Wisconsin. The chapter was installed in 1905. Unlike her sisters, Bird did not finish her educational … Continue reading

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