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Happy 150th, Kappa Alpha Theta

Kappa Alpha Theta turns 150 today! In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke (Hamilton) was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury College (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana.  Although the first decision to allow women to attend Asbury was … Continue reading

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Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

Julia Warner Snow joined Kappa Alpha Theta while she was undergraduate student at Cornell University. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886. In 1888, Snow along with her fellow Theta, entomologist Anna Botsford Comstock, and a few other … Continue reading

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Happy 149th, Kappa Alpha Theta!

Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870.  In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke [Hamilton] was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana.  Although the first decision to allow women to … Continue reading

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Julia Morgan Nearing Kappa Alpha Theta’s 149th

I missed Julia Morgan’s birthday, but was reminded of it via a reader of this blog. She belongs to the East Bay Yesterday Facebook group and there was a post about her and many comments about her and the buildings … Continue reading

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U.S. Presidents and Fraternity Men – First Ladies and Sorority Women

Ever wonder which Presidents belonged to fraternities? Or which First Ladies were in women’s fraternities/sororities? Or which Presidential offspring belong to these organizations?  National Panhellenic Conference women who have served as First Lady Lucy B. Hayes, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ohio … Continue reading

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8/18/1920 – The 19th Amendment and Sorority Women

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote passed its final hurdle of obtaining the agreement of three-fourths of the states as Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify it. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby … Continue reading

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95 Years Ago a Pi Phi and a Phi Gam Became FLOTUS and POTUS

I should call this blog “I get by with a little help from my friends.” This time it was a post by the Phi Gamma Delta Archives (and Archivist Towner Blackstock) that reminded me about the events of the early … Continue reading

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Virginia Marmaduke, Kappa Alpha Theta, #notablesororitywomen

Yesterday, Morris Library at Southern Illinois University reminded me that it was the birthday of Virginia Marmaduke, better known in Illinois as “The Duchess.” Earlier this month, three Carbondale Middle School students, Carly Hertzog, Lily Bishop, and Khadia Coulibaly, presented Virginia … Continue reading

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The First NPC Meeting – Chicago, May 24, 1902

May 24, 1902, is a special day for the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella organization of 26 women’s fraternities and sororities. Although a first meeting of seven women’s organizations happened in Boston in 1891, little was accomplished and save for … Continue reading

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Going in Circles in the Land of the Roundabouts

Wednesday was a fun day and be forewarned that this post might qualify as a travelogue. I had the opportunity to do research in a new-to-me collection, in a new-to-me library. The Carroll L. Lurding Library of College Fraternity and Sorority … Continue reading

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