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Welcome! Chances are good you found this blog by searching for something about fraternities or sororities.
I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too.
When I made my way to Syracuse University, I saw the houses with the Greek letters that edged Walnut Park, and wished I could tour them. My roommate suggested I sign up for rush (as it was then called, today it’s known as recruitment) and go through the house tour round and then drop out of rush. It sounded like a plan. I didn’t realize that I would end up feeling at home at one of the chapters. And that I would become a member.
In this blog I will share the history of GLOs and other topics. I wrote a dissertation on “Coeducation and the History of Women’s Fraternities 1867-1902.″ It chronicles the growth of the system and the birth of the National Panhellenic Conference.
My Master’s thesis details the history of the fraternity system at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1948-1960. The dates are significant ones and the thesis is available on the top menu.
I have done research at the Student Life Archives and have written several histories of University of Illinois fraternity chapters for the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing.
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10 + 2 Sorority Women with Pulitzer Prizes
10 Authors Who Are Sorority Women (Hint – Caddie Woodlawn, Kinsey Millhone, Atticus Finch, Too)
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10 Sorority Women from the Golden Age of Television
Doctors Who Wore Badges: Fraternity Women in Medicine 1867-1902
Female Senators and Their Sorority Affiliation – 2019 Edition
For International Women’s Day, Another 10 Amazing NPC Women!
Fraternity Women Who Were Lawyers, 1867-1902 (When Women Could Not Vote!)
Hidden Figures on Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders’ Day
Sorority Women Writing Stories Whose Characters Are Sorority Women
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Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D.
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Crown Princess Martha of Norway
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Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley (Arnold)
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Mildred “Millie” Lonergan McAuliffe
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Category Archives: Colleges and Universities
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows, Ph.D., M.D., Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows grew up in West Virginia where her father was a doctor. She married Harold Franklin Enlows on September 7, 1910. She earned a bachelor’s degree with distinction from George Washington University in 1915. The Enlows were … Continue reading
Helen “Betty” McGarr Murtagh, Theta Phi Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Helen Elizabeth “Betty” McGarr Murtagh, was born on October 23, 1925 in Lakewood, New Jersey. After the death of their parents, she and her three siblings were taken care of by her mother’s sister, Mildred Brown. She had artistic talent … Continue reading
Frances Steen Suddeth Josephson, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Frances Steen Suddeth Josephson grew up in Baltimore. She became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma while attending Goucher College where she was a biology major. Her goal was to become a doctor. Dorothy Stinson, the president of Goucher, was … Continue reading
Carol J. Nemitz, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Carol J. Nemitz, Dean Nemitz,as she was known to legions of Iowa Wesleyan University students, was born in Pulaski, Iowa, on February 25, 1934. After graduating from high school in 1951, she enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan. There, she became a … Continue reading
Tade Hartsuff Kuhns on Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Founders’ Day
On October 13, 1870, Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Having walked the Monmouth campus and downtown many times, I always try to envision what life was like for those 1870 coeds. It never fails … Continue reading
8/3/1923 – Calvin and Grace Coolidge Become President and First Lady
On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … Continue reading
Irma Ginsberg Kalish, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Irma Ginsberg (Kalish) served as treasurer and archon (president) of the Phi Sigma Sigma chapter at Syracuse University. She was also valedictorian of the December 1945 graduating class and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Her writing career began early … Continue reading
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Founded on January 13, 1913
This week has in it the founding days of three of the four National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sororities. All three, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. were founded at Howard … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to a Kappa Sigma Who Was a Chi Omega, Too!
Dr. Charles Richardson, a Fayetteville, Arkansas, dentist, was born on January 8, 1864, in Rich Valley, Virginia. He was one of 11 children. He did his undergraduate work at Emory & Henry College in Virginia and he studied dentistry at … Continue reading
Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, on Founders’ Day
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
