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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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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
For International Women’s Day, Another 10 Amazing NPC Women!
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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Tag Archives: Miss America
RIP Phyllis George, Zeta Tau Alpha
Phyllis George “brought great honor to both local and national Zeta chapters when she was first crowned Miss Dallas, then Miss Texas and finally Miss America,” according to the Zeta Tau Alpha page in the 1971 Yucca, the yearbook of … Continue reading
On the Fourth of July, Seven Years from the Semiquincentennial
Happy 243rd Birthday, America! We’re on the road to the Semiquincentennial / Sestercentennial / Bicenquinquagenary / Quarter-millennial of the United States in 2026. Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek-letter organization will be celebrating an anniversary at the same time. A … Continue reading
Congratulations Cara Mund, Kappa Delta and P.E.O.!
Cara Mund has been admitted to law school at the College of Notre Dame, but that will be put on hold for at least a year as she has another commitment. She will be touring the country in her capacity … Continue reading
Miss America Voting and News from Gatlinburg
There are sorority women competing in the Miss America 2018 contest. You can help make one of them the People’s Choice Candidate. Vote once a day at www.missamerica.org/vote/. Voting closes on September 5th! For the list of sorority women competing in the … Continue reading
Monday GLO Mailbag
A friend who attended the AAUW convention sent me a note about Julia T. Brown, the newly-installed Chairman of the AAUW Board (no longer President). Brown in a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. *** I also realize that … Continue reading
Miss America 2017 on Alpha Tau Omega’s Founding Day
It’s September 11, and Miss America 2017 will be crowned tonight. See http://wp.me/P20I1i-2Hz for the list of sorority women who will be competing. I’ll be live blogging it. Today, too, a day to honor those who were killed on that … Continue reading
Congratulations Grace Burgess, Alpha Gamma Delta on Winning Talent!
Miss America 2017 will be chosen on September 11, 2016, but the contestants have been in Atlantic City and the preliminaries competitions are underway. Yesterday, two preliminary winners were named. Cierra Jackson, Miss District of Columbia, took the swimsuit competition honors, winning a … Continue reading
Sorority Women Wearing Crowns – Miss USA and Miss America
Congratulations to Olivia Jordan, Miss Oklahoma USA, an Alpha Phi (Boston University), who was recently crowned Miss USA 2015!! She joins this group of sorority women who have worn the Miss USA crown: Miss Universe, Miss USA 1956 – Carol Morris, Kappa … Continue reading
A Founding, a Competition, a Trek, a Marathon, and an Iris
On June 2, 1999, eight male students at the University of California Los Angeles founded Beta Chi Theta. Although the discussion about starting an fraternity for South Asian students had started earlier that semester, June 2 was the date the … Continue reading
Four Founders’ Days, Three Recommends, Two Kudos, and a ChiO from Mississippi
Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959, died yesterday at the age of 75. She was a Chi Omega from the University of Mississippi. In 1960, as the outgoing Miss America, she crowned Lynda Lee Mead. Both were initiated into the Tau chapter … Continue reading
