Non-collegiate sororities: the list

[AGDAlum]

I found some more!

Phi Tau Omega National Philanthropic Sorority (reference on the website of the Arma, Kansas, Public Library) -- Google doesn't turn up anything

Interestingly, on the website for Heartspring, an agency in Wichita, KS (www.heartspring.org), under "Caring Hearts," there are references to *four* sororities:
Sigma Alpha (somehow this org's website is hosted by Heartspring??)
Chi Sigma Sorority (no web info?)
Alpha Iota Sorority (no web info?)
Lambda Delta Tau (no web info?)


(BTW, Heartspring was founded as the Institute for Logopedics. That used to be the national philanthropy for an NPC group -- KAT? or KD?)

AGDAlum

[DDDmiami]

Ok so I am reading the thread and I got a little confused So lets say that u are in an NPC/NIC and I also see a lot of people in Alpha Phi Omega and Beta Sigma Phi (say your in all three)how would ESA or PEO fit into all that ?? Would there be a conflict with ESA or PEO and them? B/c I really dont see people on GC with ESA or PEO signatures?? sorry I am just confused!!

[AGDAlum]

Now, You can be in a "college" sorority AND a non-collegiate one at the same time. Lots of our members were/are in two. But usually they are only active in one or the other-usually DTT. If they are ultra active in their NPC alumnae group they usually do not feel the need to join ours. PEO is not a greek lettered organization so I am not sure how they fit into all of this-I am assuming they wouldn't be considered a greek organization at all. But I could be wrong about that as I am not in PEO. [/B][/QUOTE]

Unless the organization's rules forbid it, you could join as many organizations as would invite you. Since most orgs want you to be a participating member, if you were known to belong to 4 groups already the 5th might pause before extending an invitation!

P.E.O. (always written with periods after the letters) was founded at Iowa Wesleyan University in 1869. The Original Seven had become fast friends during their college years. A chapter of I.C. Sorosis (now Pi Beta Phi) was chartered in December, 1868. Not all seven were invited to join I.C. and they refused to affiliate without their friends. So, they created "a society of their own," which was publicly announced to the campus on January 21, 1869. P.E.O. expansion took the community route as sisters graduated and wanted to perpetuate their sisterhood in the towns to which they moved. As the years passed the IWU rules for student orgs conflicted with the P.E.O. Constitution. After much deliberation, the collegiate members chose to become the Beta chapter of Alpha Xi Delta which was chartered on June 7, 1902.

[AGDAlum]

A P.E.O. friend mentioned that she's a T.T.T. I'd never heard of it, so I looked it up:

http://www.altrue.net/site/tttsociet...on.php?id=4533

From their website:

It started with a casual remark. Bess Cook Budde and Gladys Stewart Walters were talking. Bess noted that there were many things for boys to do in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, but not for girls. It was January 1911.....Gladys envisioned clubs being formed by women in their hometowns, each with the same name and same ideals. The focus would be on service embodied in charity. She believed charity was three-fold: thought, word and deed....
She shared the idea with Bess, who liked it immediately. They gathered four friends and met for the first time on June 30, 1911. The T.T.T. Society was born.....Today, nearly 5,000 members in 12 states carry on the work of the six founders.

[adpiucf]

Originally posted by AXORissa

(and people DO mix AXO and XO all the time, especially if they went to a school with no AXO. And on my own campus we get mixed up with APO since we dont have XO.

When Chi O colonized at my school, there was rumor floating around that we'd once had a chapter of Chi O at our school. How did the rumor begin? Someone said, "We once had A Chi O here" which people thought "We once had a Chi O chapter here..."

Pretty funny. Same thing happens with AOTT and ADPi.

[hoover815]

Thanks for bumping up this thread. I am from Indiana originally, and yes, there are several greek-lettered social/philanthropic groups for women there. Kind of like the Junior League for small midwestern towns. My mother was active in Tri Kappa, and I was initiated when I graduated from HS. I can assure you that it had N-O-T-H-I-N-G to do with the Ku Klux Klan! We had quilt raffles to raise money for scholarships, and I think the chapter in my town may have had a bridge club. Pretty benign!

At least in the town where I grew up, joining was not a huge issue. Either by rule or tradition (I'm not sure which) you only joined one. As one other poster pointed out, you were more likely to be pursued by several organizations once you moved to town. Some of the female teachers at my HS were in Psi-otes (Psi Iota Xi) and were "recruiting" a group of us senior girls, but since I was a Tri Kappa "legacy," I didn't get the hard sell. I went to college out of state and then moved away, so I was only active for a very brief period of time, but I can tell you that the members of all of those groups in Indiana do very good work.

ETA: and we used to sell an awesome cookbook!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by sageofages
While Tri-Kappa is a great organization (I know lots of members who are diverse in ethnicity), the "KKK" was headquartered in Indianapolis for years and year. :EEEkkk::: is reasonable at first glance.

[mini-hijack]

I had gone to a Scottish Heritage weekend, and purchased my Clan's insignia as a pin. One of the things I really love about being part Scots is (for the herald-correct) each woman can keep her own Clan's tartan, insignia, etc even after she's married. Technically, few other ethnic groups permit that.

So, I wore the pin to church the next Sunday, and after the service, my pastor said, "Wow! That's an interesting pin! What is it?"

I said, "It's my Clan insignia!" (with more pride than I should admit)

He looked at me, startled, and said, "You're in the Klan?!"

And that's the day that my pastor learned a lot about Scots history....

[/mini hijack]

[Rain Man]

This has already been discussed here on Greekchat:

Greekchat Thread: Sororities For Adults

Hope this helps and give you more info and insight on such orgs.

[amanda6035]

Originally posted by Radiant_One
Delta Rho Sorority, Inc. is a non-collegiate, community service organization.

Delta Rho Sorority, Inc.

That's funny...on my campus, we had one local fraternity, Beta Sigma Chi, who is now a colony of Kappa Sigma. Apparently, with the colonization, some of the guys had a falling out and they split. There is now a Delta Rho on campus made up of some of the guys who left from Beta Sigma Chi, as well as few other guys who dropped their membership in their other organizations. It's not officially recognized on campus yet, I dont know if they have plans to try to become official. Honestly, I dont think anybody knows anything about them except what I've stated here. Maybe I should email one of them think link to Delta Rho Sorority and see what they think? ;-)

[amanda6035]

One other thing I thought of...My mom is a member of the Red Hat Society, and I always tease her that it's a sorority as well. They sure do act like it, and it's a pretty well known organization around here. http://redhatsociety.com/

[preciousjeni]

Originally posted by amanda6035
One other thing I thought of...My mom is a member of the Red Hat Society, and I always tease her that it's a sorority as well. They sure do act like it, and it's a pretty well known organization around here. http://redhatsociety.com/

My mom's a Red Hatter in Lawrenceville!

[Tom Earp]

Funny how Delta Rho has come up in so many Posts.

Reason being, We as a Fraternity Helped Found a Local "Delta Rho" at PSU, Ks. A Sorority. Not enough Female GLOs on Campus.

They Grew to be a stong Local and were offered a Chance to become an Affiliate with Phi Mu.

They said, NO! We are strong enough. They are no longer there!

EGO can be a dasterdly thing.

What an opportunity for them and They Turned it down!

Red Hatters are a Cazy Bunch of Ladies Who if not in a Soro as We know it, Still do a heck of a lot of Great Work!

God, You ought to see their Float or what ever in the H C Parade! I think they are on Drugs as they are a Friggen Hoot!!!!!

God Bless Them!!!

They damn sure aint Bag Ladies!!!!!!!!

[speedsters]

my roomate is something like a 5th generation tri kappa legacy... frosh year of college we joked around a lot when i was pledging that she was already in a sorority and didn't need another one. she isn't very active, but in her town, especially her family you are in as soon as you graduate. she gets cute care packages every once in a while from them and once she is older she knows she will be.

[Honeykiss1974]

We like helping people and sisterhood here in Kansas because almost every sorority listed in this thread has an active chapter here. LOL

[SmileHigh]

Thanks for compiling this list....I was wondering if anyone knew where I could research information on how to start a non-collegiate sorority????