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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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On Election Day, Let Us Honor Carrie Chapman Catt, a Proud Fraternity Woman!
Today is Election Day. One hundred years ago women did not have the right to vote in presidential elections. A fraternity woman, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, an Iowa State Pi Beta Phi, was a leading force in the suffrage movement. Catt … Continue reading
Carrie Chapman Catt —–> League of Women Voters (and, of course, a Women’s Fraternity is Involved!)
Carrie Lane was born on January 9, 1859, in Ripon, Wisconsin. She enrolled at Iowa State University in the fall of 1876. Carrie was an active member of what is today known as the Iowa Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi which … Continue reading
Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., was born on May 25, 1920, in Champaign, Illinois. Her father worked for printing service at the University of Illinois. That may have entered into her college choice. At Illinois, she became a member of Pi … Continue reading
Mignon Good Eberhart, Alpha Gamma Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Mignonette “Mignon” Good Eberhart was born on July 6, 1899, in Lincoln, Nebraska. She studied for three years at Nebraska Wesleyan University where she became a member of Alpha Gamma Delta. Her sister, Lulu Good Vogelsang, was also a member … Continue reading
Vee Shakarian Toner, Delta Zeta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Venus “Vee” Shakarian (Toner) was born on December 19, 1906, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to immigrants from Istanbul, Turkey. She became a member of Delta Zeta while attending the University of Pittsburgh. She was a prominent athlete when she was in … Continue reading
Bob McGrath, Phi Gamma Delta and Sesame Street Icon
Bob McGrath will live on forever as his character on Sesame Street. Robert Emmett McGrath was his given name and Bob Johnson was the name of the role on Sesame Street. He was the human corralling a cast of Muppet … Continue reading
Margot Sherman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2022
Margot Sherman, the professional name of Margaret Sherman Peet, was initiated into the Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Kappa at the University of Michigan. She earned a bachelor’s in journalism in 1927 and was the first female to graduate from … Continue reading
Margaret Shove Morriss, Ph.D., Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
March 15 is the date upon which Delta Gamma celebrates Founders’ Day. Read about the founding of Delta Gamma and its connection to Phi Delta Theta, a fraternity whose Founders’ Day is also celebrated on March 15. Margaret Shove Morriss, … Continue reading
Georgia Neese Clark Gray, Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Georgia Neese Clark Gray became a member of the Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi at Washburn College. During her senior year, the second large recruitment event was a formal party at her “lovely big home.” It included dinner which was … Continue reading
Aryness Joy Wickens on Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Founders’ Day #NotableSororityWomen
On October 13, 1870, Kappa Kappa Gamma made its debut at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Kappa Kappa Gamma’s founders are Mary Moore “Minnie” Stewart, Anna Elizabeth Willits, Susan Burley Walker, Hanna Jeanette “Jennie” Boyd, Mary Louise “Lou” Bennett, and … Continue reading
