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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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Carlotta Corpron, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Although Carlotta Corpron was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, she spent her formative years in India, where her doctor father was a medical missionary. In 1920, she returned to the United States and became a student at Michigan State Normal … Continue reading
Clara Backus Floyd Gehan, Phi Mu, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Phi Mu was founded on January 4, 1852 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. It was riginally known as the Philomathean Society. It was founded by Mary DuPont (Lines), Mary Myrick (Daniel) and Martha Hardaway (Redding) and it was publicly … Continue reading
Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHW2022
Arizona Cleaver (Stemons), along with her four friends, Pearl Neal, Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, and Fannie Pettie, are the five pearls of Zeta Phi Beta. They are the organization’s founders. The idea for the organization happened several months earlier when … Continue reading
Laura Kuykendall, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Laura Kuykendall spent most of her adult life at Southwestern University. In the 1904 Southwestern yearbook, on the Alpha Delta page, she is listed as a member in faculty. It was a local organization established in 1903. On December 5, … Continue reading
Grace Fern Heck Faust, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
Grace Fern Heck Faust was born in 1905. In the fall of 1924, she enrolled in Ohio State University where she became a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 1928, one of two women who … Continue reading
A Famous (Unheard of) Writer with a Sorority Connection
Here’s another post by my Pi Beta Phi sister, Penny Proctor. Quick – which writer from Indiana published six novels and over 200 short stories in popular magazines between 1924 and the early 1950s? Drawing a blank? Here’s a hint: … Continue reading
Edith Eugenie Johnson, M.D. – The Woman Behind the Park
Enjoy this guest post by Penny Proctor, Pi Beta Phi. If you visit Palo Alto, California, you may find yourself enjoying Johnson Park in the city. Located at the intersection of Hawthorne and Kipling streets, it boasts a community garden … Continue reading
Fraternity and Sorority Members Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics
I know of only a handful of fraternity men and women who are competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Additions (or corrections) to this list are very welcomed as it isn’t always easy to find this information. Sorority Women* Emily … Continue reading
A Kappa Alpha Theta Grand President on Founders’ Day
In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke [Hamilton] was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury College (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana. The first decision to allow women to attend Asbury was made in 1860. However, it was rescinded several … Continue reading
Ten Years of Blog Posts @GLOHistory
Facebook has a way of reminding me of things. Late last night I saw a Facebook memory that reminded me that I’ve been writing this blog for 10 years. A decade of my ramblings about fraternity and sorority history! Who … Continue reading
