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Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, by 12 young women. Ten of them gathered in the southwest…

When a friend asks for a favor, it’s hard for me to say “no,” because friends who can make me laugh are a treasure. So many…

Pi Beta Phi was founded on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, by 12 young women. Ten of them gathered in the southwest…

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.…

Today is the date upon which Pi Beta Phi was founded. Twelve young women who were attending Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, established it on April…

On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta…

Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., was born on May 25, 1920, in Champaign, Illinois. Her father worked for printing service at the University of Illinois. That may…

On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became…

Virginia “Ginny” Hunt, Ph.D., grew up in Tipton, Iowa. As a young girl in the 1940s, she loved sports and was a good athlete, but women…