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Cora Bollinger Block (Mrs.Louis)
1869-1944 Cora Bollinger served as
Alpha Xi Delta's first President and first Grand President.
Alice Bartlett Bruner (Mrs. M.T.)
1878-1966 An accomplished musician,
Alice Bruner taught for a while at the Lombard Concervatory. She was
instramental in establishing Beta Epsilon Chapter at Monmouth College
in Illinois.
Almira Lowry Cheney 1875-1946
After some years of teaching, Almira
Cheney became a minister of the Universalist Church and as director of
Universalist Sunday Schoo;s in Ohio, was a pioneer in religious
education.
Frances Elizabeth
Cheney 1869-1801 Frances Cheney, the eldest of nine
children in a pioneer Illinois family, was a staunch advocate of
woman's suffrage and freedom and a talented writer responsible for many
of the Fraternity's early songs. Transferring form Lombard, she
graduated from Ryder Divinity School in 1895 and served as a rular
pastor until her untimely death.
Bertha
Cook Evans (Nrs. O.C.) 1874-1957 Bertha Cook Evans' home and
her three daughters, who also became Alpha Xi Deltas, were the chief
interests of her mature life. However, following her husband's death,
she served as a fraternity house director, and as administrator of a
home for the aged.
Eliza Drake Curtis Everton (Mrs. J.L.) 1867-1934 Entering
Lombard
already widowed, Eliza Curtis graduatied in divinity and beacme a
Universalist pastor, serving until her marriage to the Rev. Mr. J.L.
Everton, a Lombard Sigma Nu (Alpha Xi Delta's bother fraternity).
Eliza did outstanding work in the missionary field and served as
execuative director of the Sampson County during World War I.
Julia Maude Foster 1875-1948
Julia Foster early decided that teaching
the primary grades was her field and devoting her entire career to
teaching the ST. Paul, MN schools. She served Alpha Xi Delta as a
member of the committee that drafted the first constitution.
Lucy W. Gilmer 1872-1939
Alpha Xi Delta's first vice president was
both teacher and nurse.
Harriet Luella McCollum (Mrs. C.W.E. Gossow) 1874-1948 It was
in the
apartment Harriet McCollum shared with Cora Bollinger that the first
plans were made for Alpha Xi Delta.
Lewie
Strong Taylor (Mrs. E.A.) 1867-1950 After serveral years of
teaching while very young, she receive a leave of absence for
additional study at Lombard. It was during this year that Alpha Xi
Delta was founded, and its emblem, the Quill, was designed by Lewie
Strong.
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