If you’ve seen the film Hidden Figures, you’ll be interested to know that Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, Dorothy Johnson Vaughan, and Mary Winston Jackson were initiates of Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Here are links to previous posts about sorority women who were members of GLOs before STEM was a term. They were pioneers in their fields and there are scores and scores of others who stories have not been widely told.
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D., Alpha Sigma Tau
Emily Helen Butterfield, Alpha Gamma Delta
Edith Schwartz Clements, Kappa Alpha Theta
Edith Clement book
Anna Botsford Comstock, Kappa Alpha Theta
Anna Botsford (Comstock), 1874
Myrtle Fahsbender, Kappa Delta
Myrtle Fahsbender, 1930s (courtesy of Kappa Delta)
Elizebeth Smith Friedman, Pi Beta Phi
Mary E. Gladwin, R.N., Delta Gamma
Dr. May Agness Hopkins, Zeta Tau Alpha
Dr. May Agness Hopkins in uniform
Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D., Delta Gamma
Julia Morgan, Kappa Alpha Theta
Julia Morgan, Kappa Alpha Theta
Louise Pellens, Pi Beta Phi
Florence Lucas Sanville, Alpha Omicron Pi
Mary Thompson Stevens, M.D., Delta Gamma
Annie Marie Tremaine, M.D., Alpha Phi
