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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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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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Maggie L. Walker, Zeta Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Maggie Lena Walker lived her life in Richmond, Virginia. She was born in 1864. She joined the local council of the Independent Order of St. Luke when she was 14. It was a fraternal burial society that helped those who … Continue reading
Gladys Wilkerson Lawrence, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Gladys Wilkinson was born in Nebraska on May 30, 1894. She travelled abroad in 1910 and 1913. As a student at the University of Nebraska, she was a charter member of the Pi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta when it … Continue reading
Annette Abbott Adams, Tri Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Annette Grace Abbott Adams was born on March 12, 1877 in Prattville, California. She attended Chico State Normal School and earned a teaching certificate. She taught school for four years to save money to attend the University of California, Berkeley. … Continue reading
SuEllen Weissman Fried, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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
Leona Wilcox, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Leona Wilcox was born in Osceola, Iowa, in 1891. She attended high school there and a newspaper report for 1908 noted her absence from the 11th grade for a week due to illness. After graduation, she may have taught elementary … Continue reading
Ruth Katherine Byrns O’Meara, Ph.D., Theta Phi Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Ruth Katherine Byrns O’Meara, Ph.D., was born on June 6, 1906. She grew up in Lodi, Wisconsin. In 1921, as a high school student, she won a History of Lodi competition, writing about her hometown. At the University of Wisconsin, … Continue reading
Vivian Osborne Marsh, Delta Sigma Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Most of Vivian Osborne Marsh’s childhood was spent in Houston, Texas, where she was born in 1898. Her father died in 1910 and three years later she, her mother, and her sister moved to Berkeley, California. She applied to the … Continue reading
Helen Joy Hinckley, Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
I came across a scrapbook belonging to Helen Joy Hinckley. She created it when she was in France and Belgium working as a Red Cross nurse with the Harvard Surgical Unit. She wrote her captions in French and the greetings … Continue reading
Minna Goldsmith Mahler, Delta Phi Epsilon, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
On March 17, 1917, five coeds at New York University School of Law founded Delta Phi Epsilon. The DIMES, as they are referred to, are Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman, Ida Bienstock Landau, Minna Goldsmith Mahler, Eva Effron Robin, and Sylvia Steierman … Continue reading
Gratia Countryman, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Delta Gamma was founded at the Oxford Female Institute, also known as the Lewis School, in Oxford, Mississippi. The school was established before the Civil War and eventually was absorbed by the University of Mississippi. Delta Gamma’s three founders, Eva … Continue reading
