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Originally Posted by 33girl
Other than Alpha Delta Phi (which, to be technical, is an all male fraternity and a co-ed society - 2 different entities), examples please?
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Originally Posted by dukemama
Psi Upsilon has several coed chapters (the one at Duke was all-male while I was there, but went coed a few years ago).
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Delta Psi, aka St. Anthony Hall, which went co-ed in the 1960s. Also, as dukemama says, some chapters of
Psi U are co-ed.
And although were are not an NIC fraternity, for a short time between the mid-70s and 1985, some women -- 236, to be exact -- were initiated into Phi Mu Alpha due to some uncertainties about the application of Title IX to the Fraternity. The practice was again prohibited across the board in 1985. Most chapters, however, were never able to initiate women. Before it could initiate any women, a chapter had to receive approval from our nationals. Approval was only given if the chapter was in real danger from the host institution as a result of only initiating men. Only 22 chapters were ever given permission to initiate women, and I don't think that all 22 of them actually did initiate women. A few of those 22 chapters wanted to continue as co-ed chapters after 1985 and withdrew (or, in one case, was expelled) from the Fraternity after the initiation of women was again prohibited.