Kappa Alpha Theta was founded on January 27, 1870. In 1867, 17-year-old Bettie McReynolds Locke [Hamilton] was the first female to enroll in Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana. Although the first decision to allow women to attend Asbury was made in 1860, it was rescinded several times with debate following each decision. She later said of her time as a student, “We were all refined, good girls from good families, and we realized somehow that we weren’t going to college just for ourselves, but for all the girls who would follow after us – if we could just win out.”
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Margaret Sawyer was an initiate of the University of Illinois chapter.
Margaret Sawyer, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Elva L. Bascom was an initiate of the Alleghany College chapter.
Elva L. Bascom, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Dr. Aldora Tyler was an initiate of the Illinois Wesleyan chapter (its charter was later transferred to the University of Illinois).
Dr. Aldora Tyler, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Dora Shaw Heffner was an initiate of the University of Southern California chapter.
Dora Shaw Heffner, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Maurine Dallas Watkins was an initiate of the Butler College (University) chapter.
Maurine Dallas Watkins, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Julia Warner Snow was an initiate of the Cornell University chapter.
Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
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Dr. Olga Neymann was a charter member of the Cornell University chapter.
Dr. Olga Neymann, Kappa Alpha Theta, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
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Anna Botsford Comstock, Mother of Nature Education and a Kappa Alpha Theta
Anna Botsford Comstock, Mother of Nature Education and a Kappa Alpha Theta
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Kappa Alpha Theta and the First Phi Beta Kappa Women at the University of Vermont
Kappa Alpha Theta and the First Phi Beta Kappa Women at Vermont
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Dr. Placida Gardner Chesley was an initiate of the University of Southern California chapter.
Dr. Placida Gardner Chesley, Kappa Alpha Theta, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017
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Julia Morgan Nearing Kappa Alpha Theta’s 149th was an initiate of the University of California – Berkeley chapter.
Julia Morgan Nearing Kappa Alpha Theta’s 149th
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Jessie Baldbridge LeBrecht was an initiate of the University of Kansas chapter.
A Kappa Alpha Theta Grand President on Founders’ Day
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Virginia Marmaduke was an initiate of the University of Iowa chapter
“The Duchess” on Kappa Alpha Theta’s Founders’ Day
