I came across the topic of what I consider "cooperation among non-collegiate sororities" when searching for a community, non-collegiate sorority which was maybe for high school girls in Toledo, Ohio. Considering the NPC once thought that high school sororities were not on par with collegiate ones, to the extent that the NPC banned alumnae of high school sororities from pledging the NPCs in college. This ban was often ignored, the NPC officers realized they were losing quality young women from the ban, and so alumnae of high school sororities were allowed to join university groups.
Looking at the inter-sorority cooperation of high school sororities for Jewish girls, I see a certain maturity and emulation of college societies. The Toledo council was the first group I found. The sororities working together in November 1933 were
BEN TROVATO (standard translation is "well-found")
DELTA IOTA PHI
DELTA RHO
EPSILON OMEGA DELTA
IOTA KAPPA CHI
KAPPA PHI RHO
KAPPA PHI TAU
LAMBDA ZETA TAU
PHI IOTA
RHO TAU GAMMA
SIGMA ALPHA OMEGA
SIGMA TAU UPSILON
VELHIMBA
These thirteen groups were getting together for a mixed bridge party at B'nai Israel Annex on December 7. The event was open to the public.
Cooperation among non-collegiate sororities was not unique to Toledo. In 1927, Wilmington Delaware groups issued "inter-sorority bids" for a dance, with Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Alpha Theta, and Tau Beta Gamma. in October 1936, there was at least one meeting of the inter-fraternity and inter-sorority councils at the Young Men and Young Women's Hebrew Association. Specific sororities active in Wilmington at this time include Tau Beta Gamma, Phi Alpha Theta, and Omega Alpha Tau. Tau Beta Gamma was active in 1939, as well.
Schenectady, New York had a similar organization for their non-collegiate Jewish fraternities and sororities. In March 1952, the Jewish Youth Council presented a leadership program for officers of various groups, including Delta Psi sorority, Councilettes, and B'Nai Brith Girls.
References
Delmarva Star, p. 41, Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 20, 1927
Schenectady Gazette, p. 3, Mar. 3, 1952
Sunday Morning Star, pp. 36 & 39, Wilmington, Delaware, Oct. 11, 1936.
Sunday Morning Star, p. 21, Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 12, 1939.
Toledo News- Bee, p. 8, Nov. 25, 1933
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Looking at the inter-sorority cooperation of high school sororities for Jewish girls, I see a certain maturity and emulation of college societies. The Toledo council was the first group I found. The sororities working together in November 1933 were
BEN TROVATO (standard translation is "well-found")
DELTA IOTA PHI
DELTA RHO
EPSILON OMEGA DELTA
IOTA KAPPA CHI
KAPPA PHI RHO
KAPPA PHI TAU
LAMBDA ZETA TAU
PHI IOTA
RHO TAU GAMMA
SIGMA ALPHA OMEGA
SIGMA TAU UPSILON
VELHIMBA
These thirteen groups were getting together for a mixed bridge party at B'nai Israel Annex on December 7. The event was open to the public.
Cooperation among non-collegiate sororities was not unique to Toledo. In 1927, Wilmington Delaware groups issued "inter-sorority bids" for a dance, with Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Alpha Theta, and Tau Beta Gamma. in October 1936, there was at least one meeting of the inter-fraternity and inter-sorority councils at the Young Men and Young Women's Hebrew Association. Specific sororities active in Wilmington at this time include Tau Beta Gamma, Phi Alpha Theta, and Omega Alpha Tau. Tau Beta Gamma was active in 1939, as well.
Schenectady, New York had a similar organization for their non-collegiate Jewish fraternities and sororities. In March 1952, the Jewish Youth Council presented a leadership program for officers of various groups, including Delta Psi sorority, Councilettes, and B'Nai Brith Girls.
References
Delmarva Star, p. 41, Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 20, 1927
Schenectady Gazette, p. 3, Mar. 3, 1952
Sunday Morning Star, pp. 36 & 39, Wilmington, Delaware, Oct. 11, 1936.
Sunday Morning Star, p. 21, Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 12, 1939.
Toledo News- Bee, p. 8, Nov. 25, 1933
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