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where did sororities come from
Ok so a while back there was a thread about Frat's and how they started. This is how I have learned about girls frat's and sororities. Has anyone heard different.
There were greek organizations for men but not women until 1870. Now don't get me wrong there were tons of women organizations but not any that called themselves a fraternity.
One women from Alsberry college. (Now Depaul in greensburg IN) wanted to become a member of FIJI. Well they said no that it was for men only. She decided to get her friends (three other women) and develop her own fraternity. She consulted her father (a Beta) and her brother (a FIJI) and came up with her own ideas of how she wanted the women's fraternity to run. Hense the beginning of the First Greek Letter Fraternity for women. KAPPA ALPHA THETA........ (If you look at some of the things that the two orgaizations hold to heart such as their badge (theta and FIJI) you will see a lot of things that are similar such as Kite or diamond symbols and stars) Now if I can recall some history I think Phi Mu was the first Greek Letter Sorotiy. See they were an organization way before Kappa Alpha Theta but they were not Greek. After Kappa ALpha Theta was founded they founded Phi Mu and a sorority for women. (this is when the word soroirty was first used).
Anyway that is a basic explanation of what I have been taught. Now we have all been taught something so if you have another view of women greek organizations please respond.
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