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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.
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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: University of Illinois
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
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
May Allinson, Ph.D., Alpha Chi Omega #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2021
In 1880, May Allinson was born in Macon, Illinois. She graduated from Decatur High School and went on to the University of Illinois. There she earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She was a member of the Iota Chapter of Alpha … Continue reading
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
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
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
125 Years of Illini Sorority Life
Sorority life at the University of Illinois began 125 years ago this fall. It was a race between Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta to install the first chapter.
Fraternity and Sorority Housing, Miss USA, and Giving Feedback
I have an affinity for the fraternity and sorority houses at the University of Illinois. The campus has enamored me from the first time I saw it in the early 1990s as a Province President for the Pi Beta Phi … Continue reading
Triangle and FarmHouse Share April 15
There are three fraternities in the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) that do not use Greek-letters. They are Acacia, FarmHouse and Triangle. Interestingly, the latter two celebrate Founders’ Day on the same day, April 15th. Both organizations began for students in … 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
