Here is my Founder's Story...
Marguerite Shepard was our "first" Founder and first Phi Beta Kappa. Then you have her sister, Estelle Shepard Beswick who was the first Editor of the Quarterly and furthered our sisterhood as the first Extension Chairwoman. Then you begin with "alpha"...Alpha Chapter that is, whose first President was Jennie Titus Smith Morris. After Alpha comes Beta and Ethel Brown Distin was not only the second President of Alpha, but instrumental in installing Beta. Then comes everyone's "favorite founder", Georgia Dickover, who was our Historian. We also have another Georgia, Georgia Otis Chipman, who was the first Business Manager of the Quarterly. And when you have business, you have to get out into the community, so Mary Louise Snider was our first Missionary. And when you go out into the community, you need a place to stay so Grace Mosher Harter was our Grand Hostess. And sometimes when you visit people, they have kids, so Edith MacConnell Hickok had the first Alpha Gam baby. And when you have a baby, you have to sing it to sleep, so Flora Knight Mayer (think Florance Nightingale) wrote a lot of the early songs. And last, but not least, Emily Helen Butterfield, who wrote our Purpose and designed our Armoral Bearings, Alpha's Chapter House, and the AGD Summer Camp buildings.
Hope you enjoyed my story!
Leslie Climent
Zeta Alpha
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