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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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Doctors Who Wore Badges: Fraternity Women in Medicine 1867-1902
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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ethel J. McCoy, Alpha Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Ethel J. McCoy grew up in Sanford, Florida. She graduated from Duvall High School in Jacksonville. She enrolled at Syracuse University where she became a member of the Lambda Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. Syracuse winters must have been foreign … Continue reading
Faye Safer Silverman, Delta Phi Epsilon, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
On March 17, 1917, Minna Goldsmith (Mahler), Eva Effron (Robin), Ida Bienstock (Landau), Sylvia Steierman (Cohn) and Dorothy Cohen (Schwartzman), students at New York University Law School, founded Delta Phi Epsilon. Five years later, the organization was formally incorporated in … Continue reading
Evelyn Hawkins Hood, Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Evelyn Hawkins Hood was 99 when she died on April 6, 2023. Hood was born in Bibb County, Georgia, graduated from Macon High School and studied at Paine College, where she earned an undergraduate degree, and Atlanta University where she … Continue reading
