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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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Nettie Wills Shugart, Delta Zeta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Nettie May Wills Shugart was born in Milton in Pike County, Illinois. She went to Nebraska as a young woman and graduated with a B.S. from Doane College (now University) in Crete, Nebraska. On October 11, 1906, she married Charles … Continue reading
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, Ph.D., Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer grew up in Oakville, Washington. She was the only female member of her high school graduating class who went to college. At the University of Washington, she became a member of the Alpha Theta chapter of … Continue reading
Lorraine A. Williams, Ph.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Lorraine Anderson Williams was born on August 6, 1923, in the District of Columbia. In 1940, at the age of 16, she graduated from Dunbar Senior High School, sixth in a class of 88. At Howard University she became a … Continue reading
Allura Exelby Custer, Alpha Sigma Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
It may seem that Allura Exelby Custer lived an ordinary life, but in her life hit a chord with me. Her story is about service, being a good citizen, and being part of a bigger community. Custer was born on … Continue reading
Mabel Hartzell, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
On January 1, 1875, Mabel Hartzell was born in Saginaw, Michigan. She was eight years old when her family moved to Alliance, Ohio. Shortly after the move her mother died. Hartzell was adopted by Matthew and Mary Earley. They let … Continue reading
Josie Batcheller Houchens, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Josie Batcheller Houchens was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 4, 1882. Her childhood was spent on a sugar plantation in southern Louisiana. At 16, she moved to New Orleans and enrolled in preparatory work at Sophie Newcomb College. … Continue reading
Dr. Helen Binnie Zank, Alpha Gamma Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Helen Archibald Binnie was born in 1882. Her father was a physician. While a student at the University of Wisconsin, she became a member of the Beta chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta. Her sister Nora Belle, who became a teacher, … Continue reading
Miriam Olden Fendler, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Miriam Olden (Fendler) entered the University of Michigan when she was 15. The Dean of Women at Michigan thought she was too nervous and high strung to make it in college and suggested she leave Ann Arbor and go home. … Continue reading
Anna Harbottle Whittic, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Anna Harbottle (Whittic) was born in Ossining, New York, and she attended Syracuse University. There she joined the Beta Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Graduating in 1895, she earned a master’s degree from Syracuse the following year. She won … Continue reading
Julia Fuqua Ober, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Julia Fuqua (Ober) grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. One of her neighbors was Sara Turner White, a founder of Kappa Delta. When Julia Fuqua entered Hollins College, she joined the Gamma chapter of Kappa Delta. She pursued a degree in … Continue reading
