Year
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Number
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Dates
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Hostess
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Location
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Building/Hotel
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Marshal
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Presiding Officer
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1871
|
1
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Convention determined to be a myth
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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NA
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1876
|
2
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October 14-16, 1876
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Iota Chapter
|
Greencastle, Indiana
|
Home of Ida Anderson Donan
|
NA
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Anna Buskirk Hill, Indiana, and Agnes Haskell Noyes, Wisconsin.
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1878
|
3
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October 15-16, 1878
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Epsilon Chapter
|
Bloomington, Illinois
|
Munsellian Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|
NA
|
Kate McCalla Hight, Indiana
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1880
|
4
|
Convention never took place
|
Eta Chapter
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
1881
|
5
|
September 29-30, 1881
|
Delta Chapter
|
Bloomington, Indiana
|
The home of Fannie Allen Palmer, Indiana
|
NA
|
Lillie Adams Telfer, Indiana
|
1882
|
6
|
August 30-September 1, 1882
|
Eta Chapter
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
Unitarian Church
|
NA
|
Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, Butler
|
1884
|
7
|
August 27-29, 1884
|
Beta Beta Chapter
|
Canton, New York
|
Memorial Hall, St. Lawrence University
|
NA
|
Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, Butler
|
1886
|
8
|
August 6-8, 1886
|
Lambda Chapter
|
Akron, Ohio
|
Delta Tau Delta Hall, Buchtel College
|
NA
|
Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, Boston
|
1888
|
9
|
August 22-24, 1888
|
Chi Chapter
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Students' Christian Association Building, University of Minnesota
|
NA
|
Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, Boston
|
1890
|
10
|
August 27-29, 1890
|
Epsilon Chapter
|
Bloomington, Illinois
|
Adelphic Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|
NA
|
Kate Bird Cross Shenehon, Minnesota
|
1892
|
11
|
August 24-26, 1892
|
Delta, Iota, and Mu Chapters
|
Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Hall of the House of Representatives, Indiana Statehouse
|
Kate Handley Buchanan, Butler
|
Lucy Evelyn Wight Allan, St. Lawrence
|
1894
|
12
|
August 22-24, 1894
|
Psi Chapter
|
Ithaca, New York
|
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
|
NA
|
Emily Bright Burnham, Boston
|
1896
|
13
|
August 26-September 1, 1896
|
Upsilon Chapter
|
Evanston, Illinois
|
Lunt Library, Northwestern University
|
Dianthia Faerie Bartlett Wilcoxson, Northwestern
|
Katharine Lucinda Sharp, Northwestern
|
1898
|
14
|
August 24-30, 1898
|
Sigma Chapter
|
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
University Hall chapel, University of Nebraska
|
Laura B. Houtz Rankin, Nebraska
|
Bertha Richmond Chevalier, Boston
|
1900
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1902
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1904
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1906
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1908
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1910
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1912
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1914
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1916
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1918
|
Convention omitted because of World War I
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1920
|
24
|
|
|
|
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|
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1922
|
25
|
|
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|
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|
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1924
|
26
|
|
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|
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1926
|
27
|
|
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|
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1928
|
28
|
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|
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1930
|
29
|
|
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|
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1932
|
30
|
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|
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1934
|
31
|
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|
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|
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1936
|
32
|
|
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|
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|
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1938
|
33
|
|
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|
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|
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1940
|
34
|
|
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|
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|
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1942
|
35
|
|
|
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|
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1944
|
Convention omitted because of World War II
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