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Minnie Stewart, first president of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 1870-1872
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'''Kappa's first president and founder, Mary "Minnie" Moore Stewart (Nelson) (Field).'''
...n October 19, 1852, in Oquawka, Ill. Parents were Isabella C. and James H. Stewart, a prominent lawyer, county lawyer and early acquaintance and supporter of
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...yd and Lou Stevenson were given new badges by alumnae associations. Minnie Stewart went to three Conventions and must have worn a key; it is possible that her
...d-painted on ivory, are on loan from Alpha Deuteron Chapter to The Stewart House and contain what is supposedly Georgie Pillsbury’s key. It is said to be
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Mary Lou Maurhoff (Stewart), Graduate Counselor, 1954-1955; Lori Jurgovsky (Johnston), Chapter Consult
...Kappa's first home, but at the same time, many were excited to have a real house. Having this home helped the sisters to grow closer and everyone made the b
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...includes Outside Sales and Weather Girl; Nancy Hanschman Dickerson—White House correspondent; publisher of Among Those Present, a 1976 memoir covering the
...apter house and the first women’s fraternity in Madison to build its own house.
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...se! Two year later one was rented and nine girls and a chaperone moved in. House rules ordered that bills must be paid; a budget must be kept; and social ru
...ally built for the chapter. Buying and furnishing the 10-room, Hitt Street house was a tremendous undertaking. The chapter was limited to 25; dues were $1;
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...d creativity paid off, when it won the Scrappy Award and $500. The chapter house dedication and opening ceremony soon followed which was memorable and fun.
...Greek Entry. The chapter held a Founder’s Day celebration at the chapter house. The event educated, as well as offered a good time, to the members of KKG.
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...ining room. By 1998, the Zeta Nu Kappas moved from the Kappa Kondo into a house located off-campus.
...archival purposes, a challenge that the chapter faced when they lost their house in 2004.
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...rorities will soon include a Kappa house, sponsored by the University. Our house is planned for completion in 1990, and will join Phi Kappa Sigma, Zeta Tau
...here all sisters could gather. October 13 was the formal dedication of the house, on top of Initiation and Founders Day...three events in one day! The pledg
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...ved a very close second place award, despite being a significantly smaller house than others on campus.
...a chapter at the University of Idaho by staying at their beautiful chapter house. While attending Province meetings and dinners, the Zeta Pi women found kin
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...son, 1986; Attorney, special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, White House liaison
...tertain friends in their rooms after the football games. After the chapter house was built in 1916, these small gatherings developed into large open houses,
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...st rented the home of a professor on leave of absence, moved into a larger house in 1915. During the World War 1 years members of the chapter did Red Cross
...rnace blew up and other Greek groups invited the Kappas to meals until the house was restored.
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...sed a rented dormitory room for meetings and activities. The first chapter house, built in 1931, was an Indian pueblo-style structure, in keeping with the c
...amma Beta left their hacienda but the new $325,444 multi-level white brick house offered New Mexican spaciousness of 19,000 square feet, more than enough ro
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...e Kappas moved to various apartments until 1949, when a charming old stone house on West Winter Street was purchased with a loan from the Fraternity.
...Kappa apartments, planned a variety of social functions, and even arranged house parties at summer cottages on Lake Erie.
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...ot lot with a comfortable house, and by fall the group had moved in to the house. Pictures of the living room from the 1916-1918 era revealed wicker and mis
A new house, which utilized part of the old house on the old site, was erected in 1923. The Colonial style building accommoda
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...e New Member True Blue Sisterhood Retreat was held at place at an alumna's house in which singing songs and crafts were on the agenda.
...a Sigma, "Can't Fight the Moonlight" social with Tau Kappa Epsilon, "White House Black Market" social with Phi Delta Theta, date function where we attended
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...ad with their families and play some fun literacy games. The same day, our House Advisor left with five of our council officers for the Kappa Leadership Con
Soon thereafter, Eta Iota had the amazing opportunity to host the Minnie Stewart Van on November 9th. The van, a traveling museum that is on a year-long roa
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'''Fall 2008''' Eta Kappa got their house! <br>
...Monmouth College and the Stewart House Museum, the home of founder, Minnie Stewart. The college was founded by social reformers who opposed slavery and belie
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...tablishing gracious, comfortable homes. Twenty-two girls live in the Kappa house, and it is the gathering place for the chapter of 50 or more.
An addition is now being made to the beloved Kappa house, and the college, which holds title, is constantly helpful. The relationshi
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...first formal initiation that took place at Sue Walker’s home with Minnie Stewart presiding (April 1, 1870). First Alpha business meeting to discuss the badg
According to Lou, Minnie Stewart and Sue Walker had the first idea for a women’s fraternity in Summer 1869
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At first, meetings were held in Miss Sharp’s home. The first house, purchased in 1900, was at 903 West California, Urbana. A 1902 move was mad
...actives grew. Records of 1913 show how each girl earned $10 for the newest house by making curtains, canning fruit, ‘hiring out to family,” and “calli
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...s led to the decision to develop the residential college system that would house most of the students on campus. Construction started by 1964, and classes b
...d the weekend nights in the chapter house and experience living in a Kappa house even though they slept in sleeping bags. Many visiting chapter members shar
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...Founder’s Day by attending a ceremony and dinner at the Upsilon chapter house at neighboring Northwestern University. The chapter felt it was important f
...Religion, at a discounted price. Proceeds from the event went to Holly’s House™, the Child and Adult Advocacy Center based in Evansville, Indiana. The c
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...ceful Nursery: Preparing a Home for Your Baby, published in 2006 by Random House, and two eGuides Love at Home: The Single Girl’s Guide to Feng Shui and L
...enting, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Natural Health, Fitness, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Prevention.
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...shington and Ingalls Streets. There were six more moves before the $19,000 house was built at 1204 Hill Street. Ground had been broken April 1910, and 22 gi
...azz band. A highlight of the year 1924 was the wedding of Theodosia Burton Stewart, X - Minnesota, daughter of the university president. The entire chapter, d
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...ter subdivided and sold to John Burroughs Brown, who built the Tudor-style house that stands there today.
...ame on the permanent Fraternity roll of membership. Co-founder with Minnie Stewart of the second chapter, Beta, St. Mary’s Seminary, Knoxville, Ill., 1871,
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...ed as a chapter room. It was not until 1909 that the chapter rented an old house. It held all but five members, who lived a block away at the Kappa Annex.
...r took the first step toward launching a campaign to finance a new chapter house.
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...Chapter had 28 members. In 1902 the Kappas moved into a rented house. The House Association was formed in May 1912, and the Chapter moved into a new red-br
...serenade the pair. Then the girl would be taken to the boy’s fraternity house for her round of kisses. That night, the fraternity would serenade the soro
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...be found. It was on Stratford Avenue. Then in 1938, the chapter moved to a house on Woodside Avenue. By 1949, the present home on Clifton Avenue, opposite M
...he business of Beta Rho was conducted. The house was owned by the Beta Rho House Board Association.
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...town of Fulton might never forget it. The Kappa song - taught during open house events by the Theta, Missouri, Kappa Pickers - was sung from one end of tow
...od Services provided and served soft drinks, doughnuts and coffee for open house Saturday morning; iced tea and cookies Saturday afternoon; a lovely brunch
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...mma Foundation, Reading Is Fundamental, and our local philanthropy, Harbor House, a safe shelter for women and children hurt by domestic violence. Kappa Ka
...contest, which was fun and raised money for our local philanthropy, Harbor House. Late in the Spring, our meeting room was broken into. We caught them and s
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...house board; was adviser representative to Convention in 1960; was alumna house representative, 1960-70; Kappa Province Director of Alumnae, 1972-75; and S
...of the "Centennial Prayer," with lyrics and music written by Cheryl Edel (Stewart), then an Epsilon Delta pledge. The song was a real contribution to Kappa'
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...odson Crump, the associate dean of students, provided a warm welcome. Sara Stewart, Beta Xi President and Donise Wilson, Epsilon Upsilon President, spoke as w
...r Spring Swing-a-thon where we raised and donated money to a local halfway house in Waco, Compassion Ministries. Last Spring was also full of many afternoon
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...Finance Committee (2011-2012), Scholarship Reader (2015-2018), Fraternity House Board Chairman (2018-2020).
...ted that “the beautiful, warm, very adequate facilities of the Delta Tau house accommodated the influx of extra people and activities gracefully and with
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...son Bennett, Pennsylvania; and Pi Province Director of Alumnae Heloise Lee Stewart, Oregon State, spent the weekend in Davis to participate in the installatio
...ice Lane. Since membership grew rapidly, the chapter relocated to a larger house at 311 Russell Boulevard with the help of the local alumnae in the summer o
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* More to come with the house!
...f Sorority Village. Kappa Kappa Gamma is seeking resident move in into the house on February 23rd, 2013. This is of great excitement for our chapter members
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...other, with a cafeteria building at the end. At present 83 Kappas share a house which has 34 bedrooms. The actives enjoy gracious living and possess fine s
...d officers. The Fort Worth Alumni organized a day of service at the Kappa House which involved all the members bringing books and putting together gift sac
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...eption for more than 500 invited guests was given at the Kappa Alpha Theta house and it seemed to the hostesses that at least 500 attended.
...0s with other members very unhappy about not being able to live in it. The house could not be enlarged because new city building codes required adequate par
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...onsin, daughter of Georgia Lloyd-Jones; Lorna Troup Stenger, Kansas State, house corporation president; and the whole chapter Edna Sesow turned the first sp
...n to move in second semester. Very few upper class members lived “out of house” as apartments near the campus were limited and not everyone had her own
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...day possible … . The actives promise to do their Kappa best to make this house an abode of beauty.”
...ty Row in March 1965: “We are assembled here today to break ground for a house that will be a haven and a home for many in the years to come. As this act
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...e works hard to visit the 18 counties in her district while serving on the House Rules Committee, Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, and the Congres
...old our values and commitments in spite of social pressure. The new Kappa house on Duke's campus has been a wonderful opportunity for the sisters of Delta
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...ishing a place of leadership on the Denison campus. Feeling the need for a house of their own to take the place of rooms which they were renting in town, th
...bers, who all lived in college dormitories. It was known as the "wee white house."
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...alumnae, and the Mothers Club to garner the necessary funds for a chapter house. With a loan from the Endowment Fund to supplement the money already raised
...nded chapter, Delta Theta. We were the busiest house on the Row. We were a house of boomers! Every school organization had at least one sister on its roster
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...was admitted that “Old Gray” had outlived its usefulness. In 1964, the house was torn down, except for the 1956 wing. This provided space for the beauti
...rtive movement on campus by investing money in defense stamps rather than house decorations. Each girl chipped in to buy a bond, and the entire chapter was
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...up, who gave the fledgling group her wisdom, enthusiasm, and help, found a house for them to rent at 530 NW 11th Street. They floored the attic, which was t
..., and the guests impressed. They wondered how this small group in a modest house could carry out an extensive program of after-game courtesies, dinner, over
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...ise Potts, Ruth Elizabeth Quigley, Eleanor Margaret Sprague, Mildred Grace Stewart, Dorothy Victoria Taylor Geraldine Catherine Wimmett, Marian Miner Wolcott.
...unhoused sororities. The Kappas inherited from Alpha Chi the Little White House as a rented meeting place until it was sold in 1946. The chapter then moved
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...1984; Megan Warner (McCamey), Traveling Consultant, 1991-1992; Lynn Hozik (Stewart), Traveling Consultant; Kt Moynihan (Gray), Leadership Consultant, 2004-200
...Gamma Kappa were honored one afternoon when the whole Council came to the house for tea.
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...o trace back to them. The entangled string sent the littles all around the house, but ultimately led to their Big! The event was an exciting and fun way for
...ur Alumna, Madonna Inn Cake, and a ceremony in which the President and the House Chair unveiled the KKG letters on our beautiful, new home. We also joined t
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...She was actively involved in UC Irvine’s colonization and served on its house board for many years. Barbara was highly respected by all colleges and univ
...ings as well as our events on Chapmans campus. The chapter does not have a house.
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...ichita State and met with Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life Gina Stewart and Peggy Ward, adviser to Gamma Epsilon, a local sorority. The Fraternity
...lman shared a letter from Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life Gina Stewart:
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|Name= The Stewart House Museum
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The Stewart House Museum, birthplace of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, in Monmouth, Illinois,
...a Gamma Constitution was written and the Charter was signed in The Stewart House. The home was owned and occupied by the family’s descendants until 1989 w
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<div>[[Image:IMG 1741 reduced1.jpg|thumb|right|128px|Alpha Deuteron Chapter
House]]</div>
<div>[[Image:Gamma_Nu.jpg|thumb|right|128px|Gamma Nu Chapter
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...ves came to give Theta Beta their blessing and welcomed us to the FHC. Our house is full and we feel more than blessed for this opportunity to expand our ow
Theta Beta was fortunate enough to have the Minnie Stewart Van come and visit our chapter. All of our members were given the opportuni
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