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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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Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, Ph.D., Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Katherine Van Winkle Palmer grew up in Oakville, Washington. She was the only female member of her high school graduating class who went to college. At the University of Washington, she became a member of the Alpha Theta chapter of … Continue reading

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Lorraine A. Williams, Ph.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Lorraine Anderson Williams was born on August 6, 1923, in the District of Columbia. In 1940, at the age of 16, she graduated from Dunbar Senior High School, sixth in a class of 88. At Howard University she became a … Continue reading

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Jessie Wallace Hughan, Pacifist, Social Activist, and Alpha Omicron Pi Founder on AOPi’s 118th Birthday

Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on January 2, 1897 at the home of Helen St. Clair (Mullan). She and three of her Barnard College friends, Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman had pledged themselves to … Continue reading

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