Tag Archives: Stanford University

Mary Conway Kohler, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Mary Conway Kohler was one of the first women to graduate from Stanford School of Law. She began her career as a lawyer and then a judge. Her passion was as a child welfare advocate. She became an initiated member … Continue reading

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Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, WHM2021

Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg, better known in the social language of her day as Mrs. Vernon L. Kellogg, was one of the speakers at a 1932 Panhellenic luncheon at Washington D.C.’s Mayflower Hotel. In her response to the “social and economic revolution … Continue reading

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Shelley Smith Mydans, Kappa Kappa Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

This is the first time in my years of writing #WHM posts that I am featuring a mother and daughter back to back. Yesterday’s post was about May Hurlburt Smith, an Alpha Phi. Today’s spotlight is on her daughter, Shelley … Continue reading

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May Hurlburt Smith, Alpha Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

When it came time to chose a college, May Hurlburt (Smith), an easterner, chose to attend Stanford University. Today, one can get from New York City to California in several hours. In September of 1898, she must have been on … Continue reading

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U.S. Presidents and Fraternity Men – First Ladies and Sorority Women

Ever wonder which Presidents belonged to fraternities? Or which First Ladies were in women’s fraternities/sororities? Or which Presidential offspring belong to these organizations?  National Panhellenic Conference women who have served as First Lady Lucy B. Hayes, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ohio … Continue reading

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Mary Lockey, Alpha Phi, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

The Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi was founded on May 20, 1899, eight years after Stanford University opened. A group of female students lived, along with a mother who was acting as a chaperone, in a cottage named Escondita, in … Continue reading

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When This New Pin Grows Old!

When I went searching for something to write about for Kappa Alpha Theta’s Founders’ Day, I came across this ditty and it was too good not to share. It was also one of those works that made it around the … Continue reading

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Alpha Kappa Lambda and Its Connection to Trader Joe’s

Yesterday was Alpha Kappa Lambda’s 101st anniversary. It was founded at the University of California, Berkeley on April 22, 1914. It was the first fraternity to be founded west of the Rockies (there were chapters of other fraternities on California campuses including … Continue reading

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David Starr Jordan, Lombard College, and a Forget Me Not Book

The book from the 1870s was titled  “Forget Me Not.” It was filled with pages and pages of poems and signatures, many in ornate script, some faded by time, and others hard to decipher without a magnifying glass. The former … Continue reading

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The 2012 Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games Update: Tatyana McFadden won a Bronze medal in the 100m. Update: Muffy Davis, a Tri Delta, has won two Gold medals for hand cycling at the 2012 Paralympics. Tatyana McFadden won her third Gold medal. Allison Aldrich, Delta … Continue reading

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