Excellent Historical Greek Book!

[AXiDTrish]

I recently read a book called "Bound By a Mighty Vow: Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities 1870-1920" by Diana Turk. I suggest reading this book if you have interest in the origins and development of sororities. The book primary follows the establishment of Kappa Alpha Theta, but also contains information on Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi plus a few others.

The author is not affiliated, but had access to Theta's Fraternity Archives. The book was very educational and shows the transitions the early sister's and their alumna had to make to keep their org's going. A note of interest is that as much as sororities are viewed as progressive....the truth is, they weren't...though individuals within their membership were. I was also suprised at how early sororities transitioned from an academic focus to a social one....1890's!!!

I was somewhat disheartened at the end on how it briefed readers on "touchy' subjects (pledging women of different ethnicities and the perception of conformity) but never went into depth. But as a whole, the author unbiasedly talks about early religious and financial issues that molded the org's at that time.

Has anyone else read this? What are your thoughts?