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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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Tag Archives: Pi Beta Phi
The First Women’s Fraternity Based Upon the Men’s Fraternity Model
Today is the date upon which Pi Beta Phi was founded. Twelve young women who were attending Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, established it on April 28, 1867. Monmouth College opened on September 3, 1856, and was incorporated about six … Continue reading
100 Years Ago at the White House – Grace Coolidge Entertains Her Pi Beta Phi Sisters
On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta from Amherst College, and he was not a part of the festivities. It was … Continue reading
Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., was born on May 25, 1920, in Champaign, Illinois. Her father worked for printing service at the University of Illinois. That may have entered into her college choice. At Illinois, she became a member of Pi … Continue reading
8/3/1923 – Calvin and Grace Coolidge Become President and First Lady
On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … 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
The Importance of Indiana in Sorority History
On December 11, 1816, Indiana became the 19th state. Today Indiana is home to many GLO headquarters, but its importance in the history of women’s fraternities happened about a century and a half ago. Between 1867 when Pi Beta Phi … Continue reading
Was Mrs. Parker (of Pen Fame) a Pi Beta Phi?
During my first forays to the Pi Beta Phi chapter house, I heard that Parker pens have arrows because Mrs. Parker was a Pi Phi. And I believed it until I became the Fraternity’s historian. But my friend Penny Proctor, … Continue reading
OTD – A Phi Gam and His Pi Phi Wife Become President and First Lady
On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … Continue reading
Two Planes Over the Grand Canyon in the Summer of 1956
Pi Beta Phi’s 40th Biennial Convention at the Huntington Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena, California, was the largest one to that date; it took place from June 24-30, 1956. The final banquet was held on Friday evening. Afterwards, many attendees began preparing … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day, Pi Beta Phi!
Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois by 12 female students. The chapter, along with all its counterparts, was forced to close in the late 1870s because of anti-fraternity sentiments. Luckily, extension … Continue reading
