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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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Mary Gray Peck, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Mary Gray Peck’s name is familiar to me. A copy of her biography of Carrie Chapman Catt is on display in Pi Beta Phi Headquarters. I am almost certain that she is standing next to Catt in the photo taken … Continue reading
Etta May Budd, Tri Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
On March 7, 1889, Delta Delta Delta at Boston University held a special initiation at the home of Mattie Carter. She lived at 195 Walnut Street in Chelsea. At the time, it was the first and only Tri Delta chapter. … Continue reading
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
Although Pearl Sydenstricker (Buck) was born in West Virginia, she spent most of her childhood in China where her parents were Presbyterian missionaries. After graduating from high school in Shanghai, she traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where she became a student … Continue reading
Stephanie Abrams, Delta Phi Epsilon, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
Stephanie Abrams grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. When it was time to choose a college, she enrolled at the University of Florida in Gainesville. There she enrolled in as many science classes as she could. She fell in … Continue reading
Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Julia Warner Snow joined Kappa Alpha Theta while she was undergraduate student at Cornell University. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886. In 1888, Snow along with her fellow Theta, entomologist Anna Botsford Comstock, and a few other … Continue reading
Alice Shepard Riggs, Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
Alice Shepard (Riggs) was born in Turkey when her parents were medical missionaries. Imagine how long she must have traveled to enroll at Syracuse University in the fall of 1905. There, she became a member of Delta Gamma. She wrote … Continue reading
Elydia Foss Shipman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2019
After graduation from high school in Machias, Maine, in 1899, Elydia Foss (Shipman) enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She became a member of Sigma Kappa in the fall of 1900. After two years at Colby, she was called … Continue reading
Mimi Baird, Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
It’s not often I write a #NotableSororityWomen post about someone I’ve met. Truth be told, I’m up against a deadline. For the past six months, I have been a caregiver to my father. Readers may have noticed that my posts … Continue reading
Eleanor Jones Wauchope, Alpha Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
Eleanor Jones (Wauchope) attended Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where she became a member of the Mu Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. She married M. Stanley Wauchope in her hometown of Winterset, Iowa. They were wed at eight in the … Continue reading
Shelley Smith Mydans, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
This is the first time in my years of writing #WHM posts that I am featuring a mother and daughter back to back. Yesterday’s post was about May Hurlburt Smith, an Alpha Phi. Today’s spotlight is on her daughter, Shelley … Continue reading
