Tag Archives: Ohio State University

Mignon Talbot, Ph.D., Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023

Paleontologist Mignonnette “Mignon” Talbot became a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter at the Ohio State University in 1889. She followed her sister Ellen “Nellie” into the chapter. She earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. From 1894-1900, Talbot served on … Continue reading

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Grace Fern Heck Faust, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Grace Fern Heck Faust was born in 1905. In the fall of 1924, she enrolled in Ohio State University where she became a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 1928, one of two women who … Continue reading

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher and the “Kappa Aunts” on KKΓ’s Founders’ Day

Happy Founders’ Day, Kappa Kappa Gamma. 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 Martha Louisa “Lou” Stevenson. Some of the founders recalled that the … Continue reading

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Oh, Those Olympians!

The list of Olympians who are members of fraternity and sororities has been updated several times since it was first posted. It’s at http://wp.me/p20I1i-2Dv. I appreciate the emails that came my way about GLO members who weren’t yet recognized.  Sister Madonna … Continue reading

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#WHM – Phi Mu’s Jerrie Mock, Aviator Extraordinaire

Geraldine “Jerrie” Fredritz Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world was an initiate of the Phi Mu chapter at The Ohio State University. Mock took her first plane ride at age seven, in a Ford Trimotor airplane. In 1958, she … Continue reading

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ZBT – the Last Fraternity Founders’ Day of the Year

Does anyone else find it fitting that the last GLO founding date of the year belongs to Zeta Beta Tau whose name starts with the last letter of the alphabet? Zeta Beta Tau was created on December 29, 1898 when … Continue reading

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Off on Tangents – Zarzoliers and a Photo on eBay

Last night, I received an e-mail question and a facebook message. Both set me off on some research and led me to write this post. The first question was about a member of the Pi Phi chapter at Ohio State. … Continue reading

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Ivy Kellerman Reed, Ph.D., Tri Delta, Ardent Esperantist

Among the women in attendance at the first National Panhellenic Conference meeting in Chicago in May 1902 was Tri Delta’s representative, “Miss Kellerman,” as noted on the postcard that Margaret Mason Whitney sent to the delegates (see picture below). An … Continue reading

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