It all started when two of seven best friends forever were invited to join a sorority and the other five were not. As close as biological sisters, they could not bear the idea of some of them joining another sisterhood while leaving the others behind. Of course, the two women declined the membership invitation. Instead, these seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, founded a new women's organization on January 21, 1869. Sharing an enthusiasm for women's opportunities and rights, their new group called P...
