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Marjory and Ruth Cowan, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

March 15 is the date upon which Delta Gamma celebrates Founders’ Day. Read about the founding of Delta Gamma and its connection to Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity whose Founders’ Day is also celebrated on March 15. MARJORY COWAN Marjory … Continue reading

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Eunice Lundbeck Mannheim, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023

Eunice Lundbeck (Mannheim) was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 31, 1907. She became a member of Delta Gamma during her undergraduate years at Adelphi College. She previously attended the Packer Collegiate Institute. After graduation from Adelphi, she taught … Continue reading

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The Importance of Indiana in Sorority History

On December 11, 1816, Indiana became the 19th state. Today Indiana is home to many GLO headquarters, but its importance in the history of women’s fraternities happened about a century and a half ago. Between 1867 when Pi Beta Phi … Continue reading

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Margaret Shove Morriss, Ph.D., Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

March 15 is the date upon which Delta Gamma celebrates Founders’ Day. Read about the founding of Delta Gamma and its connection to Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity whose Founders’ Day is also celebrated on March 15. Margaret Shove Morriss, … Continue reading

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Margaret Sprague Carhart, Ph.D., Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Margaret Sprague Carhart, Ph.D., was born into an academic family. Her father Henry Smith Carhart, a physicist, taught at Northwestern University from 1872-86 and at the University of Michigan after that. On August 30, 1876, he married Ellen M. Soulé … Continue reading

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She Cherished the Relationships She Had With Her Sorority Sisters

Delta Gamma was founded at the Oxford Female Institute, also known as the Lewis School, in Oxford, Mississippi. The school was established before the Civil War and eventually was absorbed by the University of Mississippi. Delta Gamma’s three founders, Eva … Continue reading

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Gratia Countryman, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Delta Gamma was founded at the Oxford Female Institute, also known as the Lewis School, in Oxford, Mississippi. The school was established before the Civil War and eventually was absorbed by the University of Mississippi. Delta Gamma’s three founders, Eva … Continue reading

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Happy 146th, Delta Gamma!

Imagine three young school girls longing to be at home with their families on Christmas. Eva Webb [Dodd], her cousin Anna Boyd [Ellington], and Mary Comfort [Leonard], all from Kosciusko, Mississippi, were unable to be travel home from the Lewis … Continue reading

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Alice Shepard Riggs, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019

Alice Shepard (Riggs) was born in Turkey when her parents were medical missionaries. Imagine how long she must have traveled to enroll at Syracuse University in the fall of 1905. There, she became a member of Delta Gamma. She wrote … Continue reading

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#HappyThanksgiving2018

It’s Thanksgiving and it’s a good time to give thanks. To those who read this blog on a regular basis, I offer my heartfelt gratitude. And to those who tell others about it, thank you twice. I appreciate those who forward … Continue reading

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