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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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Category Archives: Fran Favorite
GLO Truth or Fiction?
The excitement of recruitment season is upon the Greek-Letter Organization world. Offering examples of men and women who have worn GLO badges seems like a good selling strategy. Is it? Here are a few questionable social media posts I’ve read … Continue reading
Pat Summitt, Cardinal and Straw and UT Orange
Pat Summitt, an initiate of the Chi Omega chapter at the University of Tennessee-Martin, passed away early today at the age of 64. Summitt was coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974-2012 during which she coached the team … Continue reading
A Rotary Club Year in Pictures
This past Tuesday marked my last time hitting the gavel at the Rotary Club of Carbondale-Breakfast meeting. Except for opening the year-end changeover dinner tonight and writing a report or two, my term is over. A year-end report is required and here … Continue reading
Green With Envy – Sorority Conventions and a KD Blog Post
“Kappa Delta Wasn’t For Me” is a blog post written by Heather Burke, Kappa Delta’s Communications and Technology Manager. It begins, “I didn’t want to be a sorority woman. When I took a job at Kappa Delta National Headquarters in 2012, … Continue reading
6/20/1919 Mother of 3, a Kappa Kappa Gamma, Wins Tennis Title #notablesororitywomen
On June 20, 1919, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman beat Marion Zinderstein (6-1, 6-2) in the 33rd U.S. Women’s National Tennis Championship. Wightman, a initiate of the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter at the University of California-Berkeley, won the title four times, 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919. The time … Continue reading
Before Rushing Into Sorority Recruitment
The “Rushing Question” was the subject of an entry in the October 1898 Arrow of Pi Beta Phi. It read It has been very forcibly borne in upon the minds of fraternity women, at least in the larger colleges and universities, that … Continue reading
“My Grief and Heart Are With You”
“The world is violent and mercurial – it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love – love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; … Continue reading
Sorority Women Competing in Miss USA 2016
Congratulations, Miss USA 2016, Deshauna Barber, a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 1st Runner Up, Chelsea Hardin, Miss Hawaii USA 2nd Runner Up, Emanii Davis, Miss Georgia USA Sorority women in the Final 3: Miss D.C. USA, Deshauna … Continue reading
W&J, a Wedding, a Rotary Dinner, a Walk in the Cemetery, and a P.E.O. B&B
This past weekend was a fun one for us. The Becque5 clan gained another +1. Officially we are the Becque5 +2 after last fall’s wedding of our daughter. I made the hotel reservations in early January and didn’t think more … Continue reading
May 31, 1886 – “Wrought and Thought and Prayed Together”
This post is by my friend Penny Proctor. She is a Pi Phi’s whose name was known to me long before I met her. She was the winner of the Amy Burnham Onken, award, one of Pi Phi’s highest individual … Continue reading
