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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
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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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Grace Humiston
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Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D.
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Crown Princess Martha of Norway
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Meghan Markle, HRH The Dutchess of Sussex
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Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley (Arnold)
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Mildred “Millie” Lonergan McAuliffe
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Category Archives: Colleges and Universities
#WhatsMyName
How does one write about loss, especially the loss of one so young? College students should not die while in college. It breaks my heart every time I read of college students whose lives are cut short. The death of … Continue reading
Effie Hoffman Rogers, P.E.O., #WHM2019
Effie Hoffman Rogers was not a founder of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, but she was a builder. Few people know the names of the builders, those who came after the founders and worked on making the organization into what it is … Continue reading
Lillian Copeland, Alpha Epsilon Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Lillian Copeland was born Lillian Drossin on November 25, 1904, in New York City. Her parents were Polish immigrants. After her father’s death, her mother remarried and Lillian took her stepfather’s name. As a child she moved to the west … Continue reading
Jacquie E. Hirsch, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Jacquie Hirsch joined Sigma Delta Tau at SUNY Geneseo. She was a gymnast, diver and dancer. An Early Childhood Education major, she finished her coursework during the spring 2007 semester. Two months of student teaching that fall was all that … Continue reading
Lois Miles Zucker, Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Lois Miles (Zucker) was born in Colorado in 1889 and grew up in Bushnell, Illinois. She enrolled at the University of Illinois where she became a member of Alpha Delta Pi. At Illinois, she earned a Bachelor’s in 1910 and … Continue reading
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
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
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
Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
Julia Warner Snow joined Kappa Alpha Theta while she was undergraduate student at Cornell University. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886. In 1888, Snow along with her fellow Theta, entomologist Anna Botsford Comstock, and a few other … Continue reading
