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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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10 Sorority Women from the Golden Age of Television
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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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Ildra Jessup Larson, Phi Mu, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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
Louise Fargo Brown, Ph.D., Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
In 1899, as a student at Cornell University, Louise Fargo Brown became a member of the Delta chapter of Alpha Phi. Her nickname was “Brownie.” She graduated in 1903 and she returned to her hometown of Buffalo, New York. There … Continue reading
Ruth Freeman Solomon, Alpha Epsilon Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Ruth Freeman (Solomon) was born in 1908. When she was three years old, she and her family left the Ukrainian city of Kiev, which was part of czarist Russia. It was a long voyage to America. In the 1980s, she … Continue reading
Irma Sompayrac Willard, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Irma Sompayrac Willard was born in 1897 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. In 1916, she graduated from the Louisiana State Normal School in Natchitoches. She then enrolled at Newcomb College in New Orleans where she became a member of Alpha Omicron … Continue reading
Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
Margaret Brewer attended the University of Michigan where she became a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. In 1952, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geography. Military service wasn’t a usual path for women in 1952. However, she broke tradition … Continue reading
Introducing the Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities
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
Monday Morning Musings
Next Monday, it’s International Badge Day. Sorority women (and fraternity men, too) are encouraged to wear their badges/pins or letters. Congratulations to the Penn State University fraternity and sorority members who participated in THON 2020. More than $11 million was … Continue reading
Suffragist, Not Suffragette, a 1920 Lesson for 2020
I recently came across an issue of a magazine for which I wrote an article on a suffragist who was a sorority woman. In the heading was the word “suffragette.” I had not noticed that when the article was published, … Continue reading
An Important Week in the Suffrage Movement and Kudos to Significant Sig Brad Pitt
Wish I could be in Ames on Friday. It will be a day of celebrating. By the way, Dr. Jane Cox, who is performing as Carrie Chapman Catt, is an alumna initiate of Catt’s Pi Phi chapter at Iowa State. … Continue reading
The Power of Staying Connected
Until the advent of social media, staying connected to the people who mattered in our lives took effort. Calling on the phone, visiting in person, or writing notes and letters usually required planning and doing. I love to talk about … Continue reading
