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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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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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The Crouch Sisters, Carnegie Heroes and Chi Omegas
Chi Omega was founded on April 5, 1895 at the University of Arkansas. Ina May Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, and Alice Simonds, with guidance from Fayetteville dentist, Dr. Charles Richardson, a Kappa Sigma, created the organization. The founding chapter … Continue reading
Leona Baumgartner, Ph.D., M.D., Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2021
Leona Baumgartner became a member of Pi Beta Phi at the University of Kansas where her father was a member of the faculty. She immersed herself in activities including acting in a number of theatrical productions and managing the K.U. … Continue reading
Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Delta Sigma Theta, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2021
Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell (Alexander), the first National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was a woman of many firsts. She served her sorority as National President from 1919 until 1923. Born on January 2, 1898, she graduated from … Continue reading
Irene Osgood Andrews, Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2021
The July 1905 Alpha Phi Quarterly included this letter from Irene Osgood (Andrews) an initiate of the Iota Chapter at the University of Wisconsin: With the release from college work come the plans for summer changes. The seaside or mountains … Continue reading
Dorothy Mayo Morris, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHW2021
Dorothy Mayo (Morris) was born on August 11, 1908, in Orono, Maine. After she entered the University of Maine she became a member of the Gamma Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. She majored in romance languages and graduated in 1930. … Continue reading
Regine Freund Cohane, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
On March 25, 1917, seven female Cornell University students who were Jewish founded Sigma Delta Tau. Its founders are Dora Bloom (Turteltaub), Inez Dane Ross, Amy Apfel (Tishman), Regene Freund (Cohane), Marian Gerber (Greenberg), Lenore Blanche Rubinow, and Grace Srenco … Continue reading
Annie Turnbo Malone, Zeta Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2021
Annie Turnbo (Malone) was born in 1877 on a farm near Metropolis, Illinois, a city on the Ohio River just north of Paducah, Kentucky. Her parents were former slaves. During her childhood she accompanied her aunt, an “herb doctor,” as … 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
Mary Conway Kohler, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
Mary Conway Kohler was one of the first women to graduate from Stanford School of Law. She began her career as a lawyer and then a judge. Her passion was as a child welfare advocate. She became an initiated member … Continue reading
