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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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Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
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Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
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Tag Archives: Barbara Bush
George H. W. Bush, R.I.P.
George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st President, died yesterday at the age of 94. His wife, Barbara Bush, died this past April. President Bush became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter while he was a student at Yale … Continue reading →
“We Walk By Faith And Not By Sight” – Saying Goodbye To Barbara Pierce Bush
I’ve been out of touch this weekend. It was spent in Lawrence, Kansas on a quick visit with family and old friends and some new ones, too. I celebrated Pi Beta Phi Founders’ Day with the University of Kansas chapter. … Continue reading →
Barbara Pierce Bush, Literacy Advocate and Pi Beta Phi
Barbara Pierce Bush, wife of a Delta Kappa Epsilon, was the daughter and sister of Beta Theta Pi members. She was also the mother of a Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Perhaps these connections were part of the reason … Continue reading →
Congratulations All Around!
Congratulations are in order! My Syracuse friends were celebrating Coach Jim Boeheim’s 1,000 win. He is a graduate of Syracuse where he became a member of the Delta Upsilon chapter. *** Yesterday, Super Bowl LI dominated the twitterverse. The first … Continue reading →
Resiliency on a Post-Election Morning
Having been born and raised on Long Island, in the suburbs, an hour train ride from New York City, my native New Yorker roots come out at the strangest times. Having lived in the midwest for most of my post-Syracuse … Continue reading →
Sis Doc, the Lucky Xs, and More
Today, January 8, is the date of Dr. Charles Richardson’s birth. He was born in 1864. A Fayetteville, Arkansas, dentist, he did his undergraduate work at Emory & Henry College in Virginia and then studied dentistry at Vanderbilt University. He … Continue reading →
NPC Women and Fraternity Men in the White House
Here is a post on the fraternity men and National Panhellenic Conference women who have lived in the White House seems quite appropriate. National Panhellenic Conference women who have served as First Lady Lucy B. Hayes, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ohio Wesleyan … Continue reading →
Gracing the White House
“The Eighteenth National Panhellenic Congress representing 150,000 Sorority Women in session at Parker House, Boston, Mass.; sends greetings and best wishes to you as the first Sorority Woman to grace the White House,” is the text of the telegram … Continue reading →
