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Originally Posted by OTW
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.
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Yeah, that's probably the case. Like I said, the other thing was just what I'd heard. Alpha Xi Delta was founded in 1893, so that was after "sorority" had come into use. So, there must have been a distinct reason the word "fraternity" was chosen for the official name.
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