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

Contents

Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Fraternities’ Past and Historians’ Present 1 1 Of Serious Mind and Purpose: The First Generation of Fraternity Women 13 2 The Most Socially Eligible: “At Home” with the Second Generation of Fraternity Women 43 3 A National Society to Rank with the First in America: Expansion and Exclusion in the Women’s Greek System 81 4 In Search of Unity: Fostering “High Ideals” in the Face of Antifraternity Sentiment, 1910–1920 113 5 Once a Sister, Always a Sister: Fraternity Membership in the Postcollege Years 141 6 Bound by a Mighty Vow: The Costs and Benefits of Fraternity Membership, 1870–1920 157 Notes 165 Bibliography 223 Index 233 About the Author 245 v ...