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Texas Beta Original Gerber baby featured in advertisements Elizebeth Smith Friedman: Michigan Alpha Expert cryptanalyst and author, called "America's first female cryptanalyst". Moira Forbes: New Jersey Alpha Publisher of ForbesLife Executive Women Eleanor Smith Morrison: Texas Beta 11th National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America [10]
Pi Beta Phi was founded as a secret organization under the name of I. C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867 at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Pi Beta Phi is regarded as the first national women's fraternity, although Kappa Alpha Theta was the first Greek-letter fraternity known among women in 1870. [2]
Rachel Jane "Jennie" Nicol (1845–1881) was a founder of Pi Beta Phi and a physician.In 1867, she cofounded I.C. Sorosis at Monmouth College in Illinois, the first secret collegiate society for women patterned after men's fraternities, which later adopted the Greek name Pi Beta Phi (ΠΒΦ).
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of North American collegiate sororities and women's fraternities is not exhaustive.
Sibbett started her acting career as Jane Wilson on the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara in 1986–87, for which she was nominated for a Best Newcomer Soap Opera Digest Awards. [6] [failed verification] In 1989, Sibbett won the role of Laurie Parr on the CBS comedy The Famous Teddy Z, co-starring with Jon Cryer and Alex Rocco.
Catt was also a member of Pi Beta Phi, [8] started an all girls' debate club, and advocated for women's participation in military drills. [ 9 ] After four years at Iowa State, Catt graduated on November 10, 1880, with a Bachelor of Science degree, [ 10 ] the only female in her graduating class.
Phi Omega Pi 1945–1947: Amy Onken: Pi Beta Phi 1947–1949: L. Pearle Green: Kappa Alpha Theta 1949–1951: Edith Crabtree: Kappa Kappa Gamma 1951–1953: Margaret Hutchinson: Alpha Phi 1953–1955: Helen Byars: Delta Gamma 1955–1957: Beatrice Hogan: Gamma Phi Beta 1957–1959: Rosita Nordwall: Alpha Chi Omega 1959–1961: Ernestine Grigsby ...
Irene Dillard Elliot (Nu) – first Dean of Women at the University of South Carolina; first woman to receive Ph.D. from USC [1] Harriet Elliott (Phi) – Dean of Women at the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) [1] Virginia Trotter (Alpha Eta) – former University of Georgia ...