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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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Tag Archives: National Panhellenic Conference
Alumnae Panhellenics: The Foundation for Sorority Success
My thanks to Jane Sutton, Alpha Xi Delta and National Panhellenic Conference Chairman, for being today’s guest blogger. Jane also has her own blog at http://alphaxideltanpc.blogspot.com/ As chairman of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) and previously as the national president … Continue reading
The 32nd NPC Meeting in Williamsburg, Founding Site of ΦΒK
From November 27-December 1, 1951, the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) met in Williamsburg, Virginia. Edith Reese Crabtree, Kappa Kappa Gamma, served as chairman. Alpha Phi Margaret Hutchinson served as secretary and Delta Gamma Mavis Mann was treasurer. The 11 associate … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day Gamma Phi Beta!
On November 11, 1874, Gamma Phi Beta was founded at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Gamma Phi’s founders are Mary A. Bingham Willoughby, E. Adeline Curtis, Frances E. Haven Moss, and Helen M. Dodge Ferguson. Below they are pictured … Continue reading
On Election Day, Let Us Honor Carrie Chapman Catt, a Proud Fraternity Woman!
Today is Election Day. One hundred years ago women did not have the right to vote in presidential elections. A fraternity woman, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, an Iowa State Pi Beta Phi, was a leading force in the suffrage movement. Catt … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day Alpha Sigma Tau
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. … Continue reading
1893 World’s Fair Closed 119 Years Ago, Fraternity Women Met for Second Time
One hundred and nineteen years ago, on October 30, 1893, the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition closed at the end of the day. It commemmorated the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival on his journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The Columbian Exposition also marked … Continue reading
The First NPC Meeting and the 36¢ Assessment
The National Panhellenic Conference’s 2012 meeting in St. Louis, Missouri begins today. NPC’s first meeting was in Chicago in 1902. After the first meeting, two copies of the minutes were mailed to each of the groups that sent representatives to … Continue reading
Amy Burnham Onken, NPC Chairman 1945-47
Amy Burnham Onken was a visitor to the 1917 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) meeting. At that meeting, few could have imagined the influence she would have on her own organization, Pi Beta Phi, and on the NPC world itself. In … Continue reading
