The dates are significant ones and the thesis is available on the top menu. My Master’s thesis details the history of the fraternity system at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1948-1960. 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. In this blog I will share the history of GLOs and other topics. I didn’t realize that I would end up feeling at home at one of the chapters. 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. 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. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too. I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college.
Welcome! Chances are good you found this blog by searching for something about fraternities or sororities. What a fabulous century you’ve had, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.! May the next century carry many blessings and continue the legacy set forth by the women who began your sorority.
After she retired from teaching she opened Hats by Dorothy, a millinery business.Īnd I suggest a look at this website dedicated to the Centennial and the Sorority’s history. Hanley Whiteside was the first female “paperboy” for The Indianapolis News. She celebrated her 100th birthday in 2000.ĭorothy N. Vivian Irene White Marbury lived the longest life of any of the Founders. Nannie Mae Gahn designed the Sorority’s official pin. On the 12th, they will celebrate with a National Centennial Day of Service to honor female veterans.Īmong the fun facts I learned from reading the book: I would loved to have been at the marker dedication and if I get to Indy again I will visit it.Īs I am writing this on Friday, November 11, 2022, the Sigma Gamma Rhos are on the Butler campus holding a Where It All Began Centennial Ceremony from 6:30 p.m. Inside was a signed copy of Walking in the Founders’ Footsteps: Sigma Gamma Rho and a program for the Historical Marker Dedication Program which took place on July 11, 2022. Last week, a package arrived from a friend in Indianapolis. Sigma Gamma Rho’s founders are Nannie Mae Gahn Foster Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, Cubena McClure, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, and Dorothy N. It is the only one of the National Pan-Hellenic Conference sororities not founded at Howard University, site of the Alpha chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making the organization a national college sorority. was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven young brave African American women educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. SO I THOUGHT NOTHING ELSE OF IT WHEN MY FRIEND (WHOM I HAVE KNOWN SINCE HIGH SCHOOL) GAVE ME HER UMBRELLA TO USE.Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. I THINK SHE WAS REALLY PISSEDĪNYWAY, MY QUESTION TO YOU SORORS AND FRIENDS, IS IT REALLY THAT SERIOUS? A NEO, MAYBE! BUT A GROWN WOMAN, LOOKING DOWN ON ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET SOAKED AND DECIDED TO USE AN UMBRELLA THAT DID NOT DISPLAY DELTA SIGMA THETA ON IT!!!! NOW I LOVE MY SORORITY AND I AM SECURE ABOUT MYSELF AS A DELTA. I BELIEVE IF SHE COULD, SHE WOULD HAVE BARRED ME FROM MEMBERSHIP WITH THE LOOK AND SARCASTIC LAUGH SHE LET ME HAVE. WE EXCHANGED A FEW "FRIENDLY COMMENTS" BUT I THOUGHT NOTHING MORE ABOUT IT UNTIL I RAN INTO ANOTHER COWORKER WHO IS A DELTA. SO, DO I RUN IN THE RAIN AND RISK GETTING SOAKED? NO, I USE THE UMBRELLA. SHE GIVES ME HER UMBRELLA AND.YOU GUESSED IT, IT WAS AN UMBRELLA WITH SIGMA GAMMA RHO ON IT. BY THIS TIME IT IS RAINING HARD ENOUGH TO USE THAT UMBRELLA THAT I LEFT AT HOME SO I ASKED MY FRIEND TO BORROW HER UMBRELLA (SHE SO HAPPENS TO BE A LADY OF SIGMA GAMMA RHO). A FEW HOURS INTO THE WORKDAY, I NEED TO GO TO MY CAR. I GET TO WORK AND GET INTO THE BUILDING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS SINCE THE RAIN SLACKED A LITTLE. IT IS A RAINY DAY AND I WALK OUT OF THE DOOR AND FORGET MY UMBRELLA.
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