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Isabel Kline Rock, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Isabel Kline Rock grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. She enrolled at Goucher College where she followed in her sister’s footsteps. Her older sister was a Gamma Phi Beta at Goucher and the biological sisters became sorority sisters. In … Continue reading

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Margaret Sawyer, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Margaret Sawyer grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. She was initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta in 1914 as a student at the University of Illinois and was her chapter’s president. She also served the Women’s League in the same capacity and … Continue reading

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Rhoda Muriel Ivimey, M.D., Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Born on November 1, 1888, in London England, Rhoda Muriel Ivimey came to America when she was three years old. After graduating from Morris High School, she entered Barnard College. There, she joined Alpha Phi and was known by her … Continue reading

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Dolores “Dee” Chackes Sherman Golden, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

On March 25, 1917, seven female Cornell University students founded Sigma Delta Tau. Their organization was originally called Sigma Delta Phi, but when they discovered the name belonged to another Greek-letter organization they changed the “Phi” to “Tau.” Sigma Delta Tau’s … Continue reading

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Marjorie Nicolson, Ph.D., Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Marjorie Nicolson’s introduction as one of three pledges (new members) of the Chi Omega chapter at the University of Michigan noted that “on the afternoon of June 3, we gave a sewing party, and June 4 we entertained at dinner.” … Continue reading

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Hazel T. Nimmo, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Hazel Taft Nimmo was raised in North Carolina. Born on May 28, 1925, in Greenville, she graduated from North Carolina College for Negroes (now North Carolina Central University) in Durham. She majored in English. She earned a master’s in library … Continue reading

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Carmel LaTorra Chittim, Delta Zeta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Carmel LaTorra was born on November 17, 1894 in Boulder, Colorado. She graduated from Mount St. Gertrude Academy, a Catholic school which opened in 1892. According to Boulder Magazine, “a signed certificate of completion from Mount St. Gertrude’s meant automatic … Continue reading

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Marcia Josel Levin, M.D., Alpha Epsilon Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Marcia Josel Levin graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. She then enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where she became a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi.   After graduation, she enrolled at the Women’s Medical … Continue reading

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Harriet Cone Greve, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

The Omicron Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was chartered on April 14, 1902.  Mattie Ayres Newman was the daughter of Dr. Brown Ayres, who began his tenure as the University’s President in 1904. His … Continue reading

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Cynthia Coolbaugh, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Cynthia Coolbaugh was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha during her time as a student at James Madison University. She started college as a home economics major but ended up with a degree in psychology. Coolbaugh was active in student … Continue reading

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