Bound By a Mighty Vow : : Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870-1920 / / Diana B. Turk.
Sororities are often thought of as exclusive clubs for socially inclined college students, but Bound by a Mighty Vow, a history of the women's Greek system, demonstrates that these organizations have always served more serious purposes. Diana Turk explores the founding and development of the ea...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fraternities’ Past and Historians’ Present
- 1 Of Serious Mind and Purpose: The First Generation of Fraternity Women
- 2 The Most Socially Eligible: “At Home” with the Second Generation of Fraternity Women
- 3 A National Society to Rank with the First in America: Expansion and Exclusion in the Women’s Greek System
- 4 In Search of Unity: Fostering “High Ideals” in the Face of Antifraternity Sentiment, 1910–1920
- 5 Once a Sister, Always a Sister: Fraternity Membership in the Postcollege Years
- 6 Bound by a Mighty Vow: The Costs and Benefits of Fraternity Membership, 1870–1920
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author