The first sorority to demand equal rights

[oldu]

Wait a minute! None of you has an exclusive license on the use of "equal rights." It has been used long before the meaning it has to many of you today. These women were fighting for the same rights the male students enjoyed. The examples I cited were among the most absurd for being placed on probation. The facts are that women were barely tolerated by some professors who thought they were wasting space. At many institutions they were not allowed in the student union, couldn't be a cheerleader or play in the band, and were subject to many other ridiculous requirements. Thanks to brave ladies like these, your life on campus was much more fulfilling. I did not indicate that these were the ONLY sorority women fighting a good cause. I thought the story interesting because it was the first widely publicized case -- and the first in which supposedly dainty sorority women stood up for their rights, and accomplished it because of a savvy sorority leader who was a feminist long before the term became popular.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by oldu

Wait a minute! None of you has an exclusive license on the use of "equal rights." It has been used long before the meaning it has to many of you today. These women were fighting for the same rights the male students enjoyed. The examples I cited were among the most absurd for being placed on probation. The facts are that women were barely tolerated by some professors who thought they were wasting space. At many institutions they were not allowed in the student union, couldn't be a cheerleader or play in the band, and were subject to many other ridiculous requirements. Thanks to brave ladies like these, your life on campus was much more fulfilling. I did not indicate that these were the ONLY sorority women fighting a good cause. I thought the story interesting because it was the first widely publicized case -- and the first in which supposedly dainty sorority women stood up for their rights, and accomplished it because of a savvy sorority leader who was a feminist long before the term became popular.

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[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

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What are you applauding for? As a historian, I would expect you to be asking him to cite his sources.

[NutBrnHair]

I think too many of you "major in the minors."

Just sit back, read the thread (or not) and enjoy learning something you might not have known before.

Sources? This is a message chat board on the Internet -- not his dissertation. Trust me, if oldu stated anything which I knew to be incorrect about Chi Omega or Mary Love Collins, I would comment.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I think too many of you "major in the minors."

Just sit back, read the thread (or not) and enjoy learning something you might not have known before.

Sources? This is a message chat board on the Internet -- not his dissertation. Trust me, if oldu stated anything which I knew to be incorrect about Chi Omega or Mary Love Collins, I would comment.

The discussion in this thread got off to a rough start but it is major and it is a key part of this country's history. No one really gives a damn about oldu beyond appearances of plagiarism and a consistent inability to correctly frame his threads.

More importantly, you can choose to read our posts (or not). But just sit back. You may've learned something new from them.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

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Y'all need to get a room.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Y'all need to get a room.

Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if oldu is Nut's sockpuppet or vice versa.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Yeah, I'm starting to wonder if oldu is Nut's sockpuppet or vice versa.

There are so many things that are funny about this comment.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Y'all need to get a room.

Bwahhahaha. 33girl said "Y'all".

[kddani]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Y'all need to get a room.

Wait, oldu is a guy, right?

Agree with whomever said he needs to cite his sources. It's not very scholarly to blatantly rip off someone else's work without giving credit to them. (No citations at all in the OP). Actually, it's considered plagiarism. Also against the TOS.

As has been pointed out in numerous threads, if oldu does not want his "research" criticized, then he shouldn't be posting it on a discussion board.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by oldu

Wait a minute! None of you has an exclusive license on the use of "equal rights." It has been used long before the meaning it has to many of you today. These women were fighting for the same rights the male students enjoyed. The examples I cited were among the most absurd for being placed on probation. The facts are that women were barely tolerated by some professors who thought they were wasting space. At many institutions they were not allowed in the student union, couldn't be a cheerleader or play in the band, and were subject to many other ridiculous requirements. Thanks to brave ladies like these, your life on campus was much more fulfilling. I did not indicate that these were the ONLY sorority women fighting a good cause. I thought the story interesting because it was the first widely publicized case -- and the first in which supposedly dainty sorority women stood up for their rights, and accomplished it because of a savvy sorority leader who was a feminist long before the term became popular.

Define "widely publicized."

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by oldu

it was the first widely publicized case

Co-sign Senusret's comment.

and the first in which supposedly dainty sorority women stood up for their rights

and accomplished it because of a savvy sorority leader who was a feminist long before the term became popular.

I think a young lady named Elizabeth Cady Stanton would take exception to that comment.