I am a few days early, but my Alpha Sigma Tau friends are celebrating. On November 4, 1899, eight young women, Mable Chase, Ruth Dutcher, May Gephart, Harriet Marx, Eva O’Keefe, Adriance Rice, Helene Rice, and Mayene Tracy, formed a sorority at the Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Alpha Sigma Tau was the name they chose. The organization became a national one in October 1925.
In 1926, Alpha Sigma Tau joined the Association of Education Sororities (AES). Alpha Sigma Tau became a full member of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) when the merger of AES and NPC was formalized in 1951.
On May 5, 1928, the Iota chapter at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, held a Mother’s dinner. It was the climax of a week-end long house party for their mothers. The above picture is of chapter members and their mothers. Mother’s Day became an official holiday in 1914. Mother’s/Mom’s weekends have been around a long time, and I love this picture of an early celebration.
