To further throw a wrench into the works, if I recall my sorority history correctly, Gamma Phi Beta was founded as a "SOCIETY". So, we weren't a fraternity *or* sorority to start with! It was after the founding of Beta chapter that the term "sorority" was coined. Therefore, in the case of Gamma Phi Beta, it makes it even less likely that the word "sorority" referred to having had a man's help.

In spite of the slight hoohah we've caused, I do find everyone's contributions to the topic to be interesting.

.....Kelly :)

Society? Wow, didn't know that!

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=13942

Just in case anyone wants to read recent Gamma Phi/SK talk (and possibly take this discussion elsewhere so we don't further derail poor Scandia's AI thread). It's funny how this women's fraternity/sorority talk has been going on for years.

[If it means anything, I posted a link in that thread to another thread. A lot of posts went missing in that thread so that's why some of the discussion doesn't make any sense]

Cool...thanks OTW! In that thread you just posted, I saw that one of my sisters also mentioned that we were a "society" first. I didn't mean to derail Scandia's thread - I don't get wound up too often and I guess this was one of those ocassions. ;)

.....Kelly :)

I'm not a Gamma Phi, but I'm pretty sure I've read that somewhere also, that "society" came first and "sorority" was to follow for GPhiB.

On Day 1, Delta Gamma was actually called the "Delta Gamma Club" by our 3 Founders. The name "Delta Gamma Fraternity" came a bit later on.
http://www.deltagamma.org/from_the_o...ute_book.shtml