The first sorority to demand equal rights

[epchick]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Butterfield had a big impact on her fraternity and Greek life, as noted in the 2004 Alpha Gamma Delta Centennial Keynote Address:
"In the United States in 1900, three-quarters of the states forbade married women to own property in their name. In 1909, the members of Alpha Gamma Delta overlooked the statistic and planned ahead by starting a house fund in hopes of purchasing their own home. In 1928, they challenged the societal constraints once again by not only purchasingbut building the first house — and we all know the name of the architect — Emily Helen Butterfield."[4]

Question--when you say the first house, do you mean the first chapter house?

I thought the story interesting because it was the first widely publicized case

Maybe I'm going out on a limb, a stretch or whatever, or even missing the idea of the topic altogether (which might be the case, lol) but Im pretty sure this wasnt the first "widely publicized" event of equal rights. Alpha Kappa Alpha started in 1908, DST started in 1913...or do these not count to you oldu?

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by epchick

Question--when you say the first house, do you mean the first chapter house?

Probably the first AGD house. Alpha Phi had the first sorority house as I recall.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Probably the first AGD house. Alpha Phi had the first sorority house as I recall.

Yes, you're probably right about the reference being to the first Alpha Gam house, you're absolutely correct that Alpha Phi had the first sorority house. The thing I was more focused on at that point in the conversation was along the lines of trends being bucked, that plans for a building fund were started in 1909, before women even had the vote.