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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
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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Alpha Sigma Alpha
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Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D.
Delta Phi Epsilon
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Crown Princess Martha of Norway
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Kappa Alpha Theta
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Meghan Markle, HRH The Dutchess of Sussex
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
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Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley (Arnold)
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Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Phi Alpha
Mildred “Millie” Lonergan McAuliffe
Zeta Tau Alpha
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Delta Sigma Theta
Sigma Gamma Rho
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Category Archives: Fran Favorite
May 4, 1970, Kent State University
On a rather sad note, today is the anniversary of the Kent State University shootings which took place in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee … Continue reading
Pi Lambda Sigma Merged With Theta Phi Alpha
I came across this article in the October 1952 issue of The Fraternity Month. That summer, at the Theta Phi Alpha convention at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Pi Lambda Sigma, another Catholic sorority, merged with Theta Phi Alpha. … Continue reading
Founders’ Day in a Pandemic, My Dear Pi Beta Phi
As a new member at the Pi Phi chapter at Syracuse University decades ago, I had no idea where Monmouth, Illinois was, nor could I have picked Illinois off a map. I knew that Pi Beta Phi was founded on … Continue reading
Victrola Parties – No Live Orchestra Needed
Victrola parties sound so quaint, don’t they? But 100 years they were a very big deal. The victrola gave the owner(s) the option of playing music that had been pre-recorded. Heretofore, anyone wanting music at an event needed someone to … Continue reading
A Violet for Tri Sigma’s Founders’ Day
Sigma Sigma Sigma was founded on April 20, 1898, at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia. Today the institution is Longwood University. Tri Sigma’s founders are Lucy Wright, Margaret Batten, Elizabeth Watkins, Louise Davis, Martha Trent Featherston, Lelia Scott, … Continue reading
Quarantine Diversions, GLO History Style
Unfortunately, these things need titles. Quarantine Diversons, GLO History Style is not the greatest title. I loved writing the #WHM2020 profiles in March because I spent much of the day researching and writing and the challenge of doing 31 profiles … Continue reading
Park Valentine Perkins on Theta Chi’s Founders’ Day
A few years ago, I was asked to write a history of the Theta Chi chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I was a bit apprehensive about the task. Prior to that I wrote histories of fraternity and sororities … Continue reading
Happy 125th Chi Omega!
Happy Founders’ Day to Chi Omega! It was founded 125 years ago, on April 5, 1895 at the University of Arkansas. The founding chapter has the designation “Psi.” Ina May Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, and Alice Simonds, along with Dr. … Continue reading
My “Found” Volumes of The Fraternity Month
This week during our “Shelter in Place” order, I began cleaning out my GLO History cabinet. In the way back I found an unopened box with a bookstore’s label on it. I just put it aside while I whittled down … Continue reading
