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Isabel Kline Rock, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024

Isabel Kline Rock grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. She enrolled at Goucher College where she followed in her sister’s footsteps. Her older sister was a Gamma Phi Beta at Goucher and the biological sisters became sorority sisters. In … Continue reading

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Chellie Stevens Wright, P.E.O. and Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023

Chellie Stevens (Wright) was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, but her family moved to Trinidad, Colorado, where she spent her youth. At the University of Denver, she became a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Although she was not a member … Continue reading

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Emma F. Lowd, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023

Emma F. Lowd was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1865. Months before she graduated from Boston University in 1887, she became a charter member of the Delta chapter of Gamma Phi Beta. The chapter was installed on April 22, 1887 … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day, Gamma Phi Beta!

A church oyster supper was the first social event Frances Haven (Moss) attended after enrolling in Syracuse University in 1874. Her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, had been recently elected Chancellor of the university. At that supper, she met the … Continue reading

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Edith “Eli” Mahier on Gamma Phi Beta’s Founding Day #NotableSororityWomen

The first social event Frances Haven (Moss) attended after enrolling in Syracuse University in 1874 was a church oyster supper. Her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, was recently elected Chancellor of the university. At that supper, she met the man … Continue reading

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Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, WHM2021

Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg, better known in the social language of her day as Mrs. Vernon L. Kellogg, was one of the speakers at a 1932 Panhellenic luncheon at Washington D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel. In her response to the “social and economic revolution … Continue reading

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On Gamma Phi Beta’s Founding Day

The first social event Frances Haven (Moss) attended after enrolling in Syracuse University in 1874 was a church oyster supper. Her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, was recently elected Chancellor of the university. At that supper, she met the man … Continue reading

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Gladys Wilkerson Lawrence, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Gladys Wilkinson was born in Nebraska on May 30, 1894. She travelled abroad in 1910 and 1913. As a student at the University of Nebraska, she was a charter member of the Pi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta when it … Continue reading

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The Power of Staying Connected

Until the advent of social media, staying connected to the people who mattered in our lives took effort. Calling on the phone, visiting in person, or writing notes and letters usually required planning and doing. I love to talk about … Continue reading

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Mary Gray Peck, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

Mary Gray Peck’s name is familiar to me. A copy of her biography of Carrie Chapman Catt is on display in Pi Beta Phi Headquarters. I am almost certain that she is standing next to Catt in the photo taken … Continue reading

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