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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
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Dorothy Allison Carlin, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Dorothy Allison (Carlin) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1898. She graduated from the city’s School of Industrial Arts and applied to the University of Pennsylvania’s school of engineering. However, her family said she was denied admission because … Continue reading
Lydia Eudora Ashburne, M.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
The daughter of former slaves, Lydia Eudora Ashburne (Evans) was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1887. She was one of 12 children. Her father, she said in a 1977 Chicago Tribune interview, was “a big, strapping fellow who fought … Continue reading
Agnes Edwards, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Agnes Edwards was born in 1892 in Jefferson County, Florida, two miles from the little town of Floyd. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University). After teaching French and history at Sanford … Continue reading
Ruth Levensalor Crowley, Phi Mu, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
The Philomathean Society was founded on January 4, 1852, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Mary Ann DuPont (Lines) likely came up with the idea. She joined with Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel) and Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding) and they are … Continue reading
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
Araminta McLane, Alpha Sigma Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Araminta “Minta” Morgan McLane was born on May 10, 1868. She taught school for a few years before becoming a librarian. Her first library job was at the State Normal School at Indiana, Pennsylvania (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania). When … Continue reading
Anna Marie Todd, Sigma Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
When she retired as associate professor of English and literature at Central Missouri State College in 1953, Anna Marie Todd was believed to be the longest serving teacher in the institution’s 82 year history. She had completed 45 years of … Continue reading
Looking Forward to #BadgeDay2021
March 1, the first Monday in March, is NPC International Badge Day. It is a day for members to wear their respective NPC badges. If “pin attire” is not worn, then it is perfectly acceptable to wear letters, those articles … Continue reading
The Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities Follows in Baird’s Footsteps
I collect Baird’s Manual of American College Fraternities. I use them for research and to just randomly open a page and read. William Raimond Baird published the first edition in 1879. After Baird’s death, others took on the job of … Continue reading
On Founders’ Day, Kappa Alpha Theta’s 1924 Grand Convention at the West Baden Springs Hotel
Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870. In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke [Hamilton] was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana. Although the first decision to allow women to … Continue reading
