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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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Flora Richardson Colman, Pi Beta Phi, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Almost six years after Pi Beta Phi was founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois on April 28, 1867, the Kansas Alpha chapter at the University of Kansas was chartered. Between the two dates, there were several other chapters founded … Continue reading
Lucy Morgan, Alpha Sigma Tau, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Lucy Calista Morgan grew up in North Carolina and was educated at a private school in Hickory, North Carolina. In 1915, she graduated from Central State Normal School (today it is Central Michigan University). While there, she became a member … Continue reading
Rowena Longmire, Chi Omega, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
The Rowena Longmire Building at Florida State University was the first building on the campus named for a faculty member. Rowena Longmire was an English professor and the founder of the Alumnae Association of the Florida State College for Women, … Continue reading
Julia Bishop Coleman, Delta Zeta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
As a student at Miami University, Julia Bishop (Coleman) was a founder of Delta Zeta. She graduated in 1904 and was her class vice president and poet. According to the Delta Zeta website, she kept a diary her entire life, … Continue reading
Mary McLeod Bethune, Delta Sigma Theta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
In 1923, at Delta Sigma Theta’s fifth national convention, Mary McLeod Bethune, a prominent educator, became an Honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta. The daughter of former slaves, Bethune worked in the fields at age five. Due to the generosity … Continue reading
Alice Babb Ewing, Alpha Xi Delta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
I have written posts about the connection between P.E.O. and Alpha Xi Delta, and it’s a special story. The P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded on January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Alpha Xi Delta was founded … Continue reading
Dr. Olga Neymann, Kappa Alpha Theta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Olga Neymann was born in 1860 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Her parents took her abroad when she was very young. She attended schools in Switzerland and Germany as well as Miss Anna Brackett’s private school in New York City. She earned … Continue reading
Dr. Janet Pierson Cooper, ZTA, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Janet Pierson Cooper was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1891. At the age of 16, she went to Boston hoping to be a nurse, but she was rejected because of her age. She was hired as a companion for … Continue reading
Dr. Sara Branham, Alpha Delta Pi, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Sara Branham graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, in 1907. Her grandmother, Elizabeth Flournoy Stone, was a member of the Class of 1840. Her mother, Amanda Stone Branham, graduated in 1885, and was a member of the Adelphean Society, … Continue reading
Dr. Achsa Bean, AOPi, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
Achsa Bean was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi chapter at the University of Maine, where she earned two degrees. The November 1925 To Dragma of Alpha Omicron Pi reported that she was doing graduate work and the chapter … Continue reading
