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(from ''The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma 1870-1976'')
If Nu Chapter had been allowed to live beyond her five years, the whole philanthropic history of Kappa might have been changed, for the Nu member who promised to be the liveliest, Emma Harper Turner, begged honorable dismission in 1888, became a member of [https://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/ Pi Beta Phi], and the originator of that fraternity's famous settlement work among the southern mountaineers. She became grand president of Pi Beta Phi in April, 1890.
It's a fact that she fought hard for Nu. The unpleasantness began before the 1884 Convention when the charter was revoked, in what seems to have been a class of personalities, misunderstandings, some laxity, and a switch in Fraternity policy.
Shocked, Nu called a meeting of Indiana chapters for October 11, 1884, but no one showed up. An appeal was sent to Grand Council asking for renewal, or a temporary charter, until 1886. The president and faculty of Franklin College sent letters, but to no avail. The temporary charter was refused, but Nu continued to fight.
Friendly letters passed between the chapter and Charlotte Barrell Ware, of [http://wiki.kappakappagamma.org/index.php/Phi Phi] chapter at ''Boston'', Grand President, and in 1886 Emma Turner attended the convention in Akron to continue the battle. After an appeal by the Phi delegate in Miss Turner's behalf, it was moved that a chapter be placed in Franklin College. However, by then the feeling against the chapter had become a feeling against small colleges and the motion lost. Nu became a local society for a couple of years and Miss Turner became a [https://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/ Pi Beta Phi].
