Kappa Delta Trivia - Page 7

Shellfish · #1 06-16-2009, 05:10 PM

Cynthia Allen Weston.

I don't have a question but some interesting tidbits:
1. I was perusing the 2000 edition of the alumnae directory recently and noticed that there were living alumnae from Rho Omega Phi and Sigma chapters. These women were initiated in the nineteen-teens, I guess. Amazing! Anyone have the 2005 volume to check if they're still in there?

2. Some KDs that won't make the "Famous KDs" section of the national Web site but might make the pages of People magazine: Alli Sims (Britney Spears's cousin and personal assistant) and Abby McGrew Manning, wife of Eli.

Leslie Anne · #2 06-16-2009, 05:27 PM

Interesting info, Shellfish.

I have the 2005 edition but won't have access to it for the next two months.

Another KD in the limelight who's not listed is Heidi Collins. She anchors the morning news on CNN. We're from the same chapter. She pledged the year after I did.

KDAngel · #3 06-27-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Another KD in the limelight who's not listed is Heidi Collins. She anchors the morning news on CNN. We're from the same chapter. She pledged the year after I did.

Marsha Barbour is another important as well. She's the wife of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who's now going to be running the RGA and may very well get a GOP Presidential or VP nod in 2012 or 2016.

Shellfish · #4 03-02-2011, 04:47 PM

Famous KD alert: Mrs. Obama's stylist
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2011020805803

Shellfish · #5 10-24-2011, 01:27 PM

Sadly, another KD in the news:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/ny...dlander&st=cse

WCsweet<3 · #6 02-18-2013, 01:08 PM

Way back on page 3, there was a discussion of the original badge and what the colors looked like. Well, someone tweeted a picture in response to NPC's badge trivia of the day.

Shellfish · #7 02-08-2014, 03:36 PM

I don't think it's ever been mentioned by national, but Betsy Brandt is a KD: http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-ente...ling-husbands/
Now I wish I'd watched Breaking Bad after all.

Leslie Anne · #8 02-08-2014, 04:00 PM

Very cool! She was great on Breaking Bad. I didn't know she was on the Michael J. Fox show. I'll have to watch it.

Thanks for posting.

Shellfish · #9 07-01-2014, 12:12 PM

The PBS series American Experience has a new episode about Freedom Summer that features a short segment, and apparently some film clips, on a little-known KD, Malva Heffner. She and her husband were ostracized and eventually driven from their town in Mississippi for having met one of the volunteers through their pastor.

I've recorded it but haven't seen it, but here's the transcript:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...er-transcript/

SAMKD · #10 12-09-2016, 04:33 PM

Yes, the Marguerite Daisy is mentioned earlier in this thread. Daisies are OK, I guess, but I've never really been a fan. Daffodils and daylilys are more to my liking.

I had to bring the roses in last night because we got much colder here than normal, down into the 20s.

k2hh · #11 12-12-2016, 06:46 PM

I read this thread yesterday and loved seeing the history and interesting facts! I have two Kappa Delta daughters, and the book Ordinary Miracles sounded just fabulous for a meaningful Christmas present. I contacted the Kappa Delta national office and was able to purchase copies for each of them. (They had a limited supply on hand.) I love the "history" books I have collected throughout the years on my NPC group, Alpha Phi, and am sure my daughters will treasure Ordinary Miracles!

KD4Me · #12 12-12-2016, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by k2hh

I read this thread yesterday and loved seeing the history and interesting facts! I have two Kappa Delta daughters, and the book Ordinary Miracles sounded just fabulous for a meaningful Christmas present. I contacted the Kappa Delta national office and was able to purchase copies for each of them. (They had a limited supply on hand.) I love the "history" books I have collected throughout the years on my NPC group, Alpha Phi, and am sure my daughters will treasure Ordinary Miracles!

I have Ordinary Miracles; it is a very interesting book. I received it as a Christmas gift a few years ago and loved it. I'm sure they will enjoy it.

SAMKD · #13 12-13-2016, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by k2hh

I read this thread yesterday and loved seeing the history and interesting facts! I have two Kappa Delta daughters, and the book Ordinary Miracles sounded just fabulous for a meaningful Christmas present. I contacted the Kappa Delta national office and was able to purchase copies for each of them. (They had a limited supply on hand.) I love the "history" books I have collected throughout the years on my NPC group, Alpha Phi, and am sure my daughters will treasure Ordinary Miracles!

I'm sure they will love them! I recently purchased a used copy and have enjoyed perusing it. Glad this thread inspired such a thoughtful and personal gift!!

Shellfish · #14 09-08-2021, 03:17 PM

I just found out that a fairly well-known writer in the 1930s-1950s, Worth Tuttle Hedden, was a Kappa Delta. Her NY Times obituary is here: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/21/a...le-hedden.html. I ordered an old paperback of one of her novels, The Other Room, so I can't wait for it to arrive not just to read it but to take in its vintage cover.

It's strange that she hasn't gotten much if any coverage from KD in my lifetime, but maybe her writing was too controversial for national.