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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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Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Omicron Pi!
Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on January 2, 1897, at the home of Helen St. Clair (Mullan). She and three of her Barnard College friends, Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman had pledged themselves to … Continue reading
Happy 243rd Birthday, Phi Beta Kappa!
On December 5, 1776, five College of William and Mary students founded the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The first meeting of the organization took place in the Old Raleigh Tavern’s Apollo Room. As the first Greek-letter collegiate society, it led … Continue reading
Three GLOs Founded on December First
December first harkens to the end of the fall semester and the holiday break at most colleges and universities. For three GLOs, it also marks the day on which the organizations were founded. Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. and … Continue reading
Happy 131st Tri Delta!
Delta Delta Delta was founded at Boston University on November 28, 1888. It fell on the day before Thanksgiving that year, just as it does in 2019. Founders’ Day is celebrated on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Its founders are Sarah … Continue reading
On Phi Sigma Sigma’s Founders’ Day
Phi Sigma Sigma’s was founded at Hunter College on November 26, 1913. Its ten founders are Lillian Gordon Alpern, Josephine Ellison Breakstone, Fay Chertkoff, Estelle Melnick Cole, Jeanette Lipka Furst, Ethel Gordon Kraus, Shirley Cohen Laufer, Claire Wunder McArdle, Rose … Continue reading
A Visit to @MinnieStewartVan as #KappaTurns150
Kappa Kappa Gamma will turn 150 on October 13, 2020. On this Founders’ Day, the @MinnieStewartVan left from Monmouth to spend the year visiting Kappa Kappa Gammas across North America. I was lucky enough to visit the when it made … Continue reading
Alpha Sigma Alpha and a WWII Prisoner of War
Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded on November 15, 1901 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its founders had been asked to join some of the other sororities on campus, but they wanted to stay … Continue reading
On Founders’ Day, Edna Mae Douglas, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven young African American school teachers. Sigma Gamma Rho’s founders are Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Little, Vivian White Marbury, Bessie M. Downey … Continue reading
Frances Barbour on Gamma Phi Beta’s Founders’ Day
The first social event Frances Haven (Moss) attended after enrolling in Syracuse University in 1874 was a church oyster supper. Her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, was recently elected Chancellor of the university. At that supper, she met the man … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day, Sigma Kappa
On November 9, 1874, Sigma Kappa was founded by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The … Continue reading
