Declared inactive (Feb 2009)

[naraht]

I had about a 3page document I was writing on history of gender in APO going all the way back to the beginning when I accidently hit the left arrow key while not inside the edit window causing it to return to the previous page. I'll attempt to rewrite it tonight but interesting points from after 1970 (There is a lot prior to 1970 in what I wrote as well)

There were both *internal* and *external* reasons that the fraternity went co-ed. At the 1974 convention, before the ruling on Alpha Phi Omega and Title IX at the HEW, the vote to allow women as full brothers got a majority, just not the 2/3 needed.

The National Fraternity was still working to get an exemption from the HEW ruling on Title IX as of 1981.

The National Fraternity did not allow all male extension efforts after 1986.

Randy

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by naraht

There were both *internal* and *external* reasons that the fraternity went co-ed. At the 1974 convention, before the ruling on Alpha Phi Omega and Title IX at the HEW, the vote to allow women as full brothers got a majority, just not the 2/3 needed.

Personally, I'm not disputing that there were other reasons behind APO going co-ed, I'm just saying what appeared to be the primary catalyst for APO being co-ed (the 1976 HEW Title IX ruling). Based on the wording of the decision to go co-ed from an original APO document, it said something to the effect of (I'm paraphrasing based on memory): "If an APO chapter needs to go co-ed, it may do so."

The National Fraternity did not allow all male extension efforts after 1986.

As I said earlier, this was one of the unintended consequences that the '76 Convention could not anticipate occuring.

[AndrewPiChi]

The survival to, wasn't due because the national fraternity was having major membership problems or suffering from poor extension efforts by the way. A large number of very liberal colleges were telling single gendered organizations to either go coeducational or be kicked off campus.

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by AndrewPiChi

The survival to, wasn't due because the national fraternity was having major membership problems or suffering from poor extension efforts by the way. A large number of very liberal colleges were telling single gendered organizations to either go coeducational or be kicked off campus.

My point precisely, Andrew. Well said!