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Originally Posted by Eirbear
I'm honestly not 100% sure what qualifies a "fraternity" (and you'd think I would, since I'm IN a women's fraternity), but I think I heard that it has something to do with the rules or the constituation or how something is written. It no longer matters if it's a men's or women's group. There's some criteria which qualifies the word "fraternity" in the official name.
But, like I said, that's just what I've heard...
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The word "sorority" was created especially for Gamma Phi Beta, founded in 1874. There were already women's fraternities prior to Gamma Phi's founding that already carried the "women's fraternity" name. As far as orgs. founded after Gamma Phi, I'm not sure why some went the women's fraternity route vs. the sorority route -- I'm thinking it was just a personal preference of the Founders.