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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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Bessie Margolin, Alpha Epsilon Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Bessie Margolin became a member of the Alpha Epsilon Phi chapter at Sophie Newcomb College. Born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants, she and her family moved to Tennessee. Her mother died when Margolin was a child, and … Continue reading
Sybil Bauer, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
On January 31, 1927, Sybil Bauer, an initiate of the Gamma Phi Beta chapter at Northwestern University, died. She was 23. Bauer was also a gold medal Olympian who, at the age of 22 held 23 swimming records in the … Continue reading
Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye, Ph.D., Alpha Gamma Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye moved to Baltimore, Maryland when she was a young child and her father started teaching at Johns Hopkins University. After high school graduation, she enrolled in Goucher College, which was then located in downtown Baltimore. There she became … Continue reading
Dr. Bette Catoe Strudwick, Alpha Kappa Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Dr. Bette Catoe Strudwick, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was one of seven women in her Howard University Medical School class in the mid 1950s. She was a pediatrician. Continue reading
Keilah Kuzminski Goff, Delta Phi Epsilon, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
On March 17, 1917, five young female students at New York University School of Law founded Delta Phi Epsilon. There were only about two dozen women enrolled in the college. The DIMES, as they are referred to, are Dorothy Cohen … Continue reading
Ruth Shellhorn, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Ruth Shellhorn was born in Los Angeles in 1909. Her landscape designs, numbering close to 400 and centered in Southern California, were iconic and trendsetting. At a young age she was influenced by her neighbor, Florence Yoch, a Kappa Kappa … Continue reading
Margaret Shove Morriss, Ph.D., Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
March 15 is the date upon which Delta Gamma celebrates Founders’ Day. Read about the founding of Delta Gamma and its connection to Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity whose Founders’ Day is also celebrated on March 15. Margaret Shove Morriss, … Continue reading
Wilkie Hughes, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
After Wilkie Hughes graduated from Alexandria High School in Alexandria, Indiana, she entered Indiana University. There she became a member of the Beta Phi Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. Hughes served as Chapter President and was also President of the … Continue reading
Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Georgia Neese Clark Gray became a member of the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi at Washburn College. During her senior year, the second large recruitment event was a formal party at her “lovely big home.” It included dinner which was … Continue reading
Irene Roberta Price, Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Irene Roberta Price was born on November 28, 1900 and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. She entered Trinity College, following in her sister Grace’s footsteps. The Omicron Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi was founded on the Trinity College (now … Continue reading
