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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
Female Senators and Their Sorority Affiliation – 2019 Edition
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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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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
Marjory and Ruth Cowan, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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. MARJORY COWAN Marjory … Continue reading
Marcia Malone Slavin, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
t hitMarcia Malone Slaven was born in Grafton, West Virginia on July 17, 1932. In 1950, she enrolled at West Virginia University after graduating from Grafton High School. She was a student at WVU’s School of Pharmacy. In 1950, pharmacy … Continue reading
Janet Greig Post, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Janet Greig Post was born on November 21, 1871, in Fonda, in upstate New York. She grew up in Oneida, Illinois, and entered Knox College. There she became a member of the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Delta Delta. Although she … Continue reading
Jenn Winslow Coltrane, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Jenn Winslow Coltrane was initiated into the Randolph-Macon Woman’s College chapter of Kappa Delta on October 27, 1903. The chapter was founded earlier that year on January 28. Although she was born in Marshall, Missouri, and she died in Bellevue … Continue reading
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
Cheryl Ruth Selby Kielczewski, Alpha Sigma Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Cheryl Ruth Selby Kielczewski, who was known as Ruth, was born on October 8, 1958, in Macon, Missouri. She attended high school in Atlanta, Missouri, and was valedictorian of its high school’s class of 1977. She enrolled at Northeast Missouri … Continue reading
Florence M. Rohr, Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Florence Myers Rohr was born on February 27, 1878, in Lynchburg, Virginia. She studied at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and Brenau College, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. While a student at Brenau, she founded Phi Beta Sigma in 1905; it … Continue reading
Gladys Allene Hanna Hazeltine, Sigma Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Gladys Allene Hanna Hazeltine was raised in Walworth, Wisconsin. After high school, she enrolled at Whitewater Teachers College (now the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater). Her major was elementary education, and she became a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma. After earning her … 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
