First Ladies

[FuzzieAlum]

Make that the first first gentleman!

[OrigamiTulip]

Six First Ladies are honorary Beta Sigma Phi's:

Eleanor Roosevelt
Patricia Nixon
Rosalyn Carter
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush
Hillary Rodham Clinton

[Blue Violet]

That is so awesome Betarose (except for the Hillary part-don't get me started....) I LOVE Elenore Roosevelt and Babs Bush.

[OUlioness01]

Originally posted by MSKKG
I heard that Jackie Kennedy either pledged Phi Mu or was an honorary Phi Mu. I don't think she ever initiated from what I heard.

maybe she pledged and wasn't initiated, but she's not an honorary member as far as i know

[honeychile]

Originally posted by GtownGirl98
Elizabeth Dole is not a would-be first lady, her husband is a hopefully first gentleman.

I could handle Senator-elect Elizabeth Dole becoming President Elizabeth Dole - but I'm not sure we want to do political battle here. I got a real charge out of the Bob Dole-Britney Spears commercial!

To my knowledge, Jackie Kennedy went to Vassar, which doesn't have GLOs. Any GLO affiliation she would have would be honorary.

Did Mrs. Wilson or Mrs. Coolidge go greek? I think they both went to college.

honeychile

[breathesgelatin]

Originally posted by honeychile


Did Mrs. Wilson or Mrs. Coolidge go greek? I think they both went to college.

honeychile

Yup, Mrs. Coolidge was a Pi Phi (see carnation's earlier post).

And, there were two Mrs. Wilsons.

[KappaKittyCat]

And (as far as I could find) neither was Greek.

For what it's worth (and I think it's worth a lot), Eleanor Roosevelt was an Alpha Kappa Alpha.

[Sweetums]

Does anyone know if Hillary Clinton is in a sorority?

[breathesgelatin]

Hillary Rodham Clinton went to Wellesley, which was an all-woman's college at the time. No sororities there. So unless she's an honorary member, I doubt it.

[OrigamiTulip]

Originally posted by breathesgelatin
Hillary Rodham Clinton went to Wellesley, which was an all-woman's college at the time. No sororities there. So unless she's an honorary member, I doubt it.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is an honorary Beta Sigma Phi.

[OrigamiTulip]

To paraphrase an old Smith College Tshirt (Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan are Smith women):

There's got to be a better way to get a sorority woman into the White House....

[OPAGal]

Here are some of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority's Honorary Members: Barbara Bush,Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Rodham Clinton,Senator Muriel Humphrey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Dole. That's all I could find, but one of the older members tells me there's a complete list somewhere I'm trying to find it.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by KappaKittyCat
And (as far as I could find) neither was Greek.

For what it's worth (and I think it's worth a lot), Eleanor Roosevelt was an Alpha Kappa Alpha.

That seriously impresses me! But then again, she was an awesome woman.

honeychile

[IvySpice]

Hillary Rodham Clinton went to Wellesley, which was an all-woman's college at the time.

As it still is. It has several "societies," some of which have Greek-letter names, and which have a good deal in common with the original societies that grew into national sororities.

I don't know whether Hillary was a member, though. Many campus leaders are.

Ivy

[breathesgelatin]

Originally posted by IvySpice


As it still is. It has several "societies," some of which have Greek-letter names, and which have a good deal in common with the original societies that grew into national sororities.

I don't know whether Hillary was a member, though. Many campus leaders are.

Ivy

I wasn't sure. I knew that some of the Seven Sisters have gone co-ed, but I wasn't positive about Wellesley.

From what I've read (including a book of bios from people in Hillary's class at Wellesley, Hillary was pretty anti-establishment protester-type in the 60s. I don't know if that would have gone along with the societies of that time. She was a leader on campus, though. It's possible.