Frances Haven grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Evanston, Illinois, as her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, headed up the University of Michigan and then Northwestern University. When Dr. Haven was elected Chancellor of Syracuse University, Frances moved to Syracuse, too, and enrolled at Syracuse University.
The first social event Frances Haven attended was a church oyster supper. There she met Charles Melville Moss, a Psi Upsilon, who would later become her husband. She also met two members of Alpha Phi, a women’s fraternity founded at Syracuse in October of 1872. Instead of accepting the invitation to join Alpha Phi which had been offered to her, she joined with three other women – Mary A. Bingham (Willoughby), E. Adeline Curtis, and Helen M. Dodge (Ferguson) – and they created an organization of their own, Gamma Phi Beta, on November 11, 1874.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Isabel Kline Rock was an initiate of the Goucher College chapter.
Isabel Kline Rock, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Chellie Stevens Wright was an initiate of the University of Denver chapter.
Chellie Stevens Wright, P.E.O. and Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Emma F. Lowd was a charter member of the Boston University chapter.
Emma F. Lowd, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Sybil Bauer was an initiate of the Northwestern University chapter.
Sybil Bauer, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Edith “Eli” Mahier was an initiate of the University of Oklahoma chapter.
Edith “Eli” Mahier on Gamma Phi Beta’s Founding Day #NotableSororityWomen
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Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was an initiate of the University of California, Berkeley chapter.
Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, WHM2021
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Gladys Wilkerson Lawrence was a charter member of the University of Nebraska chapter.
Gladys Wilkerson Lawrence, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Frances Barbour was an initiate of the Washington University chapter.
Frances Barbour on Gamma Phi Beta’s Founders’ Day
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Mary Gray Peck was an initiate of the University of Minnesota chapter.
Mary Gray Peck, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
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Florence Patterson was an initiate of the Northwestern University chapter.
Florence Patterson, Gamma Phi Beta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
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Grace Banker Paddock was an initiate of the Barnard College chapter.
Grace Banker Paddock, Gamma Phi Beta, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017
