Bound By a Mighty Vow: Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870-1920

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Adelphi College, inquiry into Greek system, 117 Albion College, 90, 93 Allegheny College, 48, 71, 87, 96, 142 Allen, Alice, 16, 18, 19, 20 Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority, 161, 166n4; discriminatory practices in, 104–5. See also Jewish fraternities and sororities Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, 166n4; discriminatory practices within, 104, 105. See also Historically black sororities Alpha Omicron Pi fraternity, 148. See also National Panhellenic Congress (Inter-Sorority Council); Women’s fraternities and sororities Alpha Phi fraternity, 1, 4, 10, 20, 96, 157; academic criteria for membership , 27; and academic focus of early members, 24; alumnae members in, 141; benefits of membership , 37; concern with “true womanhood ,” 35; election of members to Phi Beta Kappa, 24; founding purpose of, 20, 35, 37; response to anti-fraternity sentiment, 117, 122; restrictive policies and prejudice within, 104, 105; rushing and pledging of new members, 62; selection processes of second-generation members, 67–68; social concerns of second-generation members , 44, 52, 53. See also National Panhellenic Congress(Inter-Sorority Council); Women’s fraternities and sororities Alpiner, Amelia D., 101 Anti-Semitism, 100–110, 199n87, 199n89, 221n11. See also Exclusionary Clauses; and names of individual women’s fraternities and sororities Appointment Bureau, Women’s Educational and Industrial Union, 151 Arnold, Mary Edith, 9 Asbury College (DePauw University), 1, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 42, 87; Asbury Review, 17, 18, 32; numbers of women enrolled in, 19; opposition to coeducation at, 16, 17, 18, 173n30 Barnard College, 91; banning of Greek system, 116–17; Jewish student enrollment at, 102 Beard, Mary Ritter, 42, 111 233 Index Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations. Bent Twig, The (Fisher), 68, 69 Beswick, Laura, 16, 19 Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 38. See also Men’s fraternities Brown University, 46, 71, 84, 98–100, 116; banning of women’s fraternities and sororities, 116 Bryn Mawr College, Jewish student enrollment at, 102 Butler College. See Northwestern Christian University Catholic women students: opposition to, among women’s fraternities and sororities, 105–6, 107. See also Colleges and universities; Exclusionary clauses; and names of individual women’s fraternities and sororities Chi Omega, 52; restrictive policies and prejudice within, 104, 105. See also National Panhellenic Congress (Inter-Sorority Council); Women’s fraternities and sororities Civil Rights Act of 1964, 162 Clarke, Edward M., 15 Class: definitions of, 170-71n30; within women’s fraternities and sororities, 5, 8, 31, 72, 99–100, 160–61. See also Colleges and universities ; Women’s fraternities and sororities; and names of individual women’s fraternities and sororities Clubs for female students, 4, 39, 45, 46. See also College social life and extracurricular activities Coeducation, 3, 4, 13, 15, 20, 43; colleges coordinate response to concerns about, 46; de facto segregation , 16, 45–46; faculty opposition to, 13; few colleges allowing, 14; opposition to, 3, 4, 13, 16–18, 45; and “separate spheres,” 4, 15–16, 35, 45; women as second class citizens , 3, 39. See also Colleges and universities; Women’s fraternities and sororities; and names of individual women’s fraternities and sororities Colby College, 20 Colleges and universities: administrators ’ willingness to work with Greek system, 117, 122, 137; class divisions within, 73–74, 160–61; concerns about religious and ethnic diversity among students, 102–3; impose restrictions and quotas, 103; prestige ranking of schools, 96–97; ranking as defined by academics , 96–97; ranking as defined by class and status of students, 98–100; ranking as defined by religion , ethnicity, and “Americanness ” of student body, 100, 106–7. See also Coeducation; College enrollment ; College faculty; College social life and extracurricular activities ; College sports; College students ; Curriculum; and names of individual colleges and universities College enrollment: Catholic students, 101, 103; coeducational, 43; female students, 3, 14, 15, 45, 71; Jewish students, 101–3; male students , 3, 14; percentage of female students attending coeducational institutions, 15 College faculty: opposition to Greek system, 2, 18, 114, 166–67n10; reaction to coeducation, 16–18, 20; support for sex segregation on campus 46. See also Coeducation; Colleges and universities; College students 234 | Index College Girl in America, The (Crawford ), 151–52 College of William and Mary, 1, 3 College of Wooster, 10, 32, 71, 72, 85, 87; banning of Greek system at, 116 College social life and extracurricular activities, 2–3, 38–39, 53, 54; displacing scholarly pursuits in 1890s–1910s, 53; fraternity and sorority women’s involvement in, 56...