Antedating of "Sorority"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Thank you, Fred, but it shouldn't last long. The sorority was already a
decade old by then, and there should be written proof up at Syracuse
University (or Michigan, which had a branch a few years later.)

DanG


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> Very nice antedating, Dan!
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> Fred Shapiro
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> The book "American College Fraternities",  published in 1883, written by
> William Raimond Baird, includes a reference to "Sorority" on p188.
> Available in GB.
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> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu
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> > sorority (OED, 2., 1900)
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> > 1891 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 21 Feb. 2 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
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> > e first one of these pleasant parties was given last evening by the Kappa
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> > appa Gamma sorority and was attended by about 100 members and guests.
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> > Fred Shapiro
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