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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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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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Category Archives: Fran Favorite
Congratulations Miss USA 2018!
Congratulations Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers, a Zeta Tau Alpha alumna from Texas Christian University! She was Miss Nebraska USA. Her name has been added to the list of sorority women who have won Miss America and Miss USA. *** … Continue reading
Northwestern Kappa Kappa Gamma Weds a Royal, “Oh Pat”!
Aside from Crown Princess Martha of Norway who was an alumna initiate of Delta Zeta, there are, I dare say, no royals who have been initiated as a sorority woman while an undergraduate. This morning, Meghan Markle became HRH The Duchess … Continue reading
On Alpha Delta Pi’s Founders’ Day
Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. In 1905, the Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi and installed its second chapter at Salem College in … Continue reading
Graduation, the Third Dr. Becque, and Coffee
Congratulations to the Class of 2018! Graduation is the beginning of one’s life as an alumna or alumnus. Seize the opportunity to be a part of the alum life of your organization. If there is an alum club/chapter where you’ll … Continue reading
#ThrowbackThursday 2018
There are nearly 1,100 posts on this blog covering a goodly number of people, places, and events pertaining to Greek-Letter Organizations (fraternities and sororities). Some of the best posts are hidden under hundreds of other posts. (You can always search … Continue reading
Going in Circles in the Land of the Roundabouts
Wednesday was a fun day and be forewarned that this post might qualify as a travelogue. I had the opportunity to do research in a new-to-me collection, in a new-to-me library. The Carroll L. Lurding Library of College Fraternity and Sorority … Continue reading
Heartwarming Stories to Welcome May
I’m headed to the Fraternity and Sorority Archivists Conference to meet with my people. I look forward to doing a little research in the Carroll L. Lurding Library of College Fraternity and Sorority Materials at Indiana University and touring a few new to … Continue reading
Zeta Chapter, on Theta Phi Alpha’s Founders’ Day
On August 30, 1912, Theta Phi Alpha was founded at the University of Michigan. Although founded on August 30, Theta Phi Alpha celebrates Founders’ Day on April 30, the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena.* St. Catherine is the patroness … Continue reading
Lucinda Smith Buchan on Pi Beta Phi’s Giving Day
Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, by 12 young women. Ten of them gathered in the southwest bedroom on the second floor of a home owned by “Major” Jacob Holt. The … Continue reading
Calling All GLO Personality Pets
This is a lighthearted post because I need one. I think we all need one. One day, when I arrived at the Pi Beta Phi Archives, a little stuffed dog was waiting for me. On another visit, the dog had … Continue reading
