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On May 15, 1851, Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia, by six young women. The founders…

Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, on October 15, 1885. Its seven founders are Anna Allen, Olive Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy…

Mary Margaret Truman, the only child of Harry and Bess Wallace Truman, was born on February 17, 1924. The Truman family at the Democratic National Convention.…

Delta Gamma was founded by three young women, Eva Webb, Anna Boyd, and Mary Comfort, who were unable to travel from the Lewis School in Oxford,…

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…

Before September 11 became a day of national tragedy, it was a date important to all Alpha Tau Omega members. On September 11, 1865, 150 years…

When Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, and Delta Delta Delta met in Boston in 1891,…

West Baden Springs Hotel Kappa Alpha Theta’s 1924 Grand Convention took place at the West Baden Springs Hotel in West Baden, Indiana. It was billed as…

While a student at Columbia University, Lou Gehrig became a member of Phi Delta Theta. Today, June 2, is the fourth annual Lou Gehrig Day throughout…

The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the umbrella organization for 26 women’s fraternities/sororities, officially met for the first time on May 24, 1902. Over the years, especially…