Category Archives: Delta Delta Delta

Janet Greig Post, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Janet Greig Post was born on November 21, 1871, in Fonda, in upstate New York. She grew up in Oneida, Illinois, and entered Knox College. There she became a member of the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Delta Delta. Although she … Continue reading

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Laura Kuykendall, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Laura Kuykendall spent most of her adult life at Southwestern University. In the 1904 Southwestern yearbook, on the Alpha Delta page, she is listed as a member in faculty. It was a local organization established in 1903. On December 5, … Continue reading

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Dorothy Allison Carlin, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Dorothy Allison (Carlin) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1898. She graduated from the city’s School of Industrial Arts and applied to the University of Pennsylvania’s school of engineering. However, her family said she was denied admission because … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day, Tri Delta!

Delta Delta Delta was founded at Boston University on November 28, 1888, which fell on the day before Thanksgiving that year. Founders’ Day is celebrated on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. In the fall of 1888, four senior women who had … Continue reading

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What Happened to Sororities at Wesleyan College?

Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, is the founding home of Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu. About 100 years ago the sororities were forced to close.

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Tri Sigma and Tri Delta – What’s the Connection?

A reader who is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma and works in higher education recently asked me a question. Her campus has a Delta Delta Delta chapter. She sees some similarities between the two organizations and she asked me … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Tri Delta – Founded on Thanksgiving Eve

Delta Delta Delta was founded at Boston University on November 28, 1888, which fell on the day before Thanksgiving that year. In the fall of 1888, four senior women, who had not joined any of the three women’s fraternities then … Continue reading

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The First NPC Meeting – Chicago, May 24, 1902

May 24, 1902, is a special day for the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella organization of 26 women’s fraternities and sororities. Although a first meeting of seven women’s organizations happened in Boston in 1891, little was accomplished and save for … Continue reading

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