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Could this mystery badge be from a collegiate literary society for women ? I cannot find any mention of it being a sorority in Bairds manual of 1879. Granted, more weight was given to fraternities and other male orgs, but sororities were mentioned. In fact, two extremely short-lived sororities were mentioned- Delta Sigma Rho and Delta Chi Alha. (DXA may have colonized at a second school, and one may have gone to Theta.)
Anyway, off my tangent- I think we have to narrow this down to college literary societies in 1860. I think this sorority/society may have had a Latinate name, but used Greek letters on the in.
To solve this, I am looking for colleges with female students and female schools in 1860 and going from there. Hillsdale, for ex, had one.
Also, Star was a literary society. (Forget which school, but can find it on wiki.) I gotta see if they had female members.
Asking SUNY Albany is also a good move. The sorority may have been there and extremely short-lived, as the school started in 1844.
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