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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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Tag Archives: Sigma Chi
An Important Week in the Suffrage Movement and Kudos to Significant Sig Brad Pitt
Wish I could be in Ames on Friday. It will be a day of celebrating. By the way, Dr. Jane Cox, who is performing as Carrie Chapman Catt, is an alumna initiate of Catt’s Pi Phi chapter at Iowa State. … Continue reading
On the Fourth of July, Seven Years from the Semiquincentennial
Happy 243rd Birthday, America! We’re on the road to the Semiquincentennial / Sestercentennial / Bicenquinquagenary / Quarter-millennial of the United States in 2026. Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek-letter organization will be celebrating an anniversary at the same time. A … Continue reading
Mimi Baird, Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
It’s not often I write a #NotableSororityWomen post about someone I’ve met. Truth be told, I’m up against a deadline. For the past six months, I have been a caregiver to my father. Readers may have noticed that my posts … Continue reading
Meetings, Milestones, and More
The annual meeting of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), which was held in Indianapolis, wrapped up this weekend. Hazing took center stage when parents who have lost sons to fraternity hazing shared their stories with the attendees. I applaud … Continue reading
A Generous Sigma Chi CEO and a Restaurant Recommendation
Walter Carr was excited to be starting a new job with Bellhops, a moving company in Alabama. When his car broke down the day before he was to report for his first day, he made the decision to walk the … Continue reading
Happy Founders’ Day @SigmaChi and @SigmaTauGamma!
June 28 is the founding date of two fraternities. Sigma Chi was founded in 1855 at Miami University in Miami, Ohio. It is one of the Miami Triad. Sigma Tau Gamma was founded in 1920 at Central Missouri State Teachers College, … Continue reading
Frank Lloyd Wright, Phi Delt, and His Fraternity House Designs
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin. His parents divorced the year Wright graduated from high school. In 1886, Wright enrolled at the University of Wisconsin – Madison to study civil engineering. He became … Continue reading
February Barges In – GLO Style
I blinked and January turned in February. This weekend, sorority women are meeting in Atlanta for the Coalition for Collegiate Women’s Leadership (Former SEPC) meeting. It is the largest conference of female undergraduates in the United States. Ginny Carroll, found of the … Continue reading
Old GLO HQs in Marshall and Evanston, Illinois
We were driving in I-70 to Dayton, Ohio, from the airport in St. Louis, where my husband picked me up. As we were almost through Illinois, I was looking out the window and I spotted a sign that noted we … Continue reading
