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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 + 2 Sorority Women with Pulitzer Prizes
10 Authors Who Are Sorority Women (Hint – Caddie Woodlawn, Kinsey Millhone, Atticus Finch, Too)
10 GLO Authors for Children’s Book Week
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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Grace Humiston
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Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
Alpha Xi Delta
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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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Theta Phi Alpha
Mildred “Millie” Lonergan McAuliffe
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Category Archives: Colleges and Universities
Helen Sher Shopmaker, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Helen Beryl Sher (Shopmaker) enrolled at the University of Illinois after graduating from University City High School in St. Louis, Missouri. At Illinois, she became a member of Phi Sigma Sigma as well as the French and Spanish honoraries, Pi … Continue reading
Esther Mosher Schneider, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Esther Mosher (Schneider), born in 1906, lived in Auburn, New York, her entire life, except for her time in college. She graduated from Cornell University in 1928 where she was a member of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma Kappa. … Continue reading
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
Frances Best Watkins, Theta Phi Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
While it’s the founders of an organization who are usually honored and revered, there are a whole host of others who helped in its building. Frances Best (Watkins) is one of those builders. In the fall of 1918, she moved … Continue reading
Dorothy Allison Carlin, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Dorothy Allison (Carlin) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1898. She graduated from the city’s School of Industrial Arts and applied to the University of Pennsylvania’s school of engineering. However, her family said she was denied admission because … Continue reading
Ruth Levensalor Crowley, Phi Mu, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
The Philomathean Society was founded on January 4, 1852, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Mary Ann DuPont (Lines) likely came up with the idea. She joined with Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel) and Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding) and they are … Continue reading
Dr. Bessie and Anne Pierce, Alpha Xi Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Sisters Bessie Louise Pierce and Anne Elise Pierce were members of the University of Iowa chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. Bessie graduated in 1910 and Anne in 1927. Bessie Louise Pierce, Ph.D. Although Bessie Louise Pierce was born in Caro, … Continue reading
On Founders’ Day, Kappa Alpha Theta’s 1924 Grand Convention at the West Baden Springs Hotel
Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870. In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke [Hamilton] was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana. Although the first decision to allow women to … Continue reading
Sallie Wyatt Stewart, Zeta Phi Beta, on Founders’ Day
Today Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. turns 101 years old. There was a wonderful celebration last year. The idea for the organization happened when Arizona Cleaver was walking with Charles Robert Samuel Taylor, a Phi Beta Sigma at Howard University. … Continue reading
Maudelle Brown Bousfield, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the first Greek-letter organization for African-American women, was founded on January 15, 1908 by nine young female Howard University students. They were led by the vision of Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle); she had spent several months … Continue reading
