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Mary “Minnie” Moore Stewart

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'''Education & Career:''' Graduated from Monmouth Academy 1869; entered Monmouth College, 1869; active in A.B.L. Literary Society as reciter; received AB, 1872. Teacher in Monmouth public schools 1882-89; high school principal in Eustis, Fla., 1890-93.
 
'''Kappa Record:''' Originated the idea of KK in 1869 after leading suffragette, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, visited Monmouth. She became an honorary member of I.C. Sororis (later Pi Beta Phi). Invited Lou Bennett, Jennie Boyd, and Anna Willits to organize what she thought was the first Greek fraternity for women. Listed on Fraternity rolls as Alpha 3. Home was the site of many early meetings, especially for writing the first constitution and signing the charter Spring 1870. Said to have selected the iris as the official flower. Presided over the first KK initiation. First KK President and first KK Grand President, 1870-72 (Alpha was Grand Chapter 1870-75). First extension chairman: co-founded Beta, St.Mary’s School (Knoxville, Ill.), 1871. Alpha delegate to 1882 Convention (Madison, Wis.). Signed with two others the 1883 letter to Monmouth College stating that Alpha was an alumna chapter only.

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