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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
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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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College and University Presidents Who Are Sorority Women
Below is a list of college and university presidents who are sorority women. I crowdsourced the list on the Focus on Fraternity History facebook page. If you have additional names, please let me know and I will add them. … Continue reading
Chellie Stevens Wright, P.E.O. and Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Chellie Stevens (Wright) was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, but her family moved to Trinidad, Colorado, where she spent her youth. At the University of Denver, she became a member of Gamma Phi Beta. Although she was not a member … Continue reading
Virginia Hunt, Ph.D., Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Virginia “Ginny” Hunt, Ph.D., grew up in Tipton, Iowa. As a young girl in the 1940s, she loved sports and was a good athlete, but women of that era did not have many opportunities to play organized sports. Some thought … Continue reading
Edith Brownsill, M.D., Alpha Gamma Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Edith Brownsill, M.D., was born in Wisconsin, according to her passport application. A graduate of Santa Barbara High School in California, she enrolled at the University of California Berkeley. While at Berkeley, she captained the women’s basketball team, before Cal … Continue reading
Alta Allen Loud, Alpha Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
This snippet is from the November 1933 Fraternity Month. And while I had another Alpha Chi Omega to profile for #WHM2023, I was curios about Alta Allen Loud. And so, I changed my plans. As happened in the days when … Continue reading
Hortense Greenman Brozman, Alpha Epsilon Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Hortense Greenman (Brozman) grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She was an athlete in the days before Title IX gave female athletes the opportunity to excel at sports. Nonetheless, she won 12 athletic letters during her years at Westport High … Continue reading
Elizabeth Ross Haynes, Alpha Kappa Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Elizabeth Ross (Haynes) was the daughter of formerly enslaved parents. She was born on July 31, 1883, in Mount Willing, Alabama. In 1900, at the State Normal School in Montgomery, Alabama, she graduated first in her class. She was awarded … Continue reading
Marilyn Friedman Fernberger, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Marilyn Friedman (Fernberger) was born on August 13, 1927, and grew up in Philadelphia. At the Philadelphia High School for Girls she enjoyed playing field hockey, tennis and she swam on the swim team. At the University of Pennsylvania, she … Continue reading
Emma F. Lowd, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
Emma F. Lowd was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1865. Months before she graduated from Boston University in 1887, she became a charter member of the Delta chapter of Gamma Phi Beta. The chapter was installed on April 22, 1887 … Continue reading
