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On October 15, 1898, Zeta Tau Alpha was founded at the State Female Normal School, now Longwood University, in Farmville, Virginia, by Alice Maud Jones Horner, Frances Yancey Smith, Alice Bland Coleman, Ethel Coleman Van Name, Ruby Bland Leigh Orgain, Mary Campbell Jones Batte, Helen May Crafford, Della Lewis Hundley, and Alice Grey Welsh.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Carol J. Nemitz was an initiate of the Iowa Wesleyan College chapter. She was also a P.E.O. and a lovely woman with a fabulous dry sense of humor.
Carol J. Nemitz, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Vivian Charno Wren was an initiate of the Baker University chapter.
Vivian Charno Wren, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Grace Fern Heck Faust was an initiate of the Ohio State Chapter.
Grace Fern Heck Faust, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Catherine Stewart Howarth Carter-Lewia was an initiate of the George Washington University chapter.
Catherine Stewart Howarth Carter-Lewia, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer was an initiate of the University of Michigan chapter.
Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Beulah Armstrong, Ph.D., was an initiate of the Baker University chapter.
Beulah Armstrong, Ph.D., Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
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Dr. May Agness Hopkins was an initiate of the University of Texas chapter.
Dr. May Agness Hopkins, Zeta Tau Alpha, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017
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Helen Marlowe was an initiate of the University of Southern California chapter.
SELECTIONS FROM THE EXHIBIT THE GREATEST GENERATION: A TRIBUTE By Chris Demarest. The caption reads “Captain Helen Marlowe, USMC, an instructor in chemical warfare training at Camp Lejeune, 1943-45, She died of a ‘lung condition’ at age 35 in 1947. She received the American Campaign and WWII Victory medals.” Illustration courtesy of the artist
Helen Marlowe, Tennis Champion, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Marine Captain
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Phyllis George was an initiate of the North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) chapter.
RIP Phyllis George, Zeta Tau Alpha
