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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
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Hidden Figures on Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders’ Day
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Beverly Danielle Boston, Delta Sigma Theta, #WHM2024
Beverly Danielle Boston was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 28, 1939. In 1957, she graduated from Frederick Douglass High School. While in high school, she met the man who would become her husband, Frank Dobson Boston, Jr. She enrolled … Continue reading
Margaret Sawyer, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Margaret Sawyer grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. She was initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta in 1914 as a student at the University of Illinois and was her chapter’s president. She also served the Women’s League in the same capacity and … Continue reading
Evelyn Hawkins Hood, Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Evelyn Hawkins Hood was 99 when she died on April 6, 2023. Hood was born in Bibb County, Georgia, graduated from Macon High School and studied at Paine College, where she earned an undergraduate degree, and Atlanta University where she … Continue reading
Alice Dugged Cary, Zeta Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Alice Dugged (Cary), who was born in 1859 in New London, Indiana, was educated in Marshall, Michigan. She attended Wilberforce University and graduated in 1881 and taught and was assistant principal at Kansas City, Missouri’s Lincoln High School. She became … Continue reading
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Founded on January 13, 1913
This week has in it the founding days of three of the four National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sororities. All three, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. were founded at Howard … Continue reading
Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry, Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Born in Miami, Florida, on August 27, 1923, Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was the daughter of one of the first Black doctors to practice in the city. Cherry enrolled at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and graduated in 1946 … Continue reading
Eva B. Dykes, Ph.D., Delta Sigma Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
The library at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, is named for Eva B. Dykes. She was the first African American woman to complete the requirements for a Ph.D. and the third African American to be conferred the degree because of … Continue reading
January 16, 1920 is a Special Day for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Three of the four National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) sororities celebrate their foundings during the same week. All three, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Zeta Phi Beta were founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. For this year’s Founders’ … Continue reading
Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Delta Sigma Theta, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2021
Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell (Alexander), the first National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was a woman of many firsts. She served her sorority as National President from 1919 until 1923. Born on January 2, 1898, she graduated from … Continue reading
Lydia Eudora Ashburne, M.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
The daughter of former slaves, Lydia Eudora Ashburne (Evans) was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1887. She was one of 12 children. Her father, she said in a 1977 Chicago Tribune interview, was “a big, strapping fellow who fought … Continue reading
