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Lisa,
While I was reseaching, the only women's college that I could come up with that still had a thriving greek system was Brenau.
I came across several that never had sororities, though. For example: Agnes Scott, Mississippi University for Women, Sweet Briar and a lot of the northern women's colleges.
Munchkin,
It is funny that you mentioned the "anti-democratic" sentiment. It actually says in a footnote in the history book that, "The attitude of the administration was that social sororities were undemocratic..."
The college had always had it's own traditions, so they just decided to make the big/little sister relationship part of the collegiate experience. I guess they felt like they could make sure every girl who wanted to have a big sister, would have one.
By the way, I am an alumna of Judson College. Never heard of it? You are not alone; most people have not. Without going into too much history, we were founded in 1838 in Marion, Alabama. We are the former sister school to Howard College, which became Samford College (later University) when it moved from Marion to Birmingham, Alabama. There have been several attempts to merge Judson with Samford, but so far we have maintained our independance.
I am not even sure why this topic popped in my head, but I was just wondering. Anyone know where I should look for more information?
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