An accomplished musician, Alice taught at the Lombard Conservatory. She had two Alpha Xi Delta daughters and was instrumental in establishing the Beta Epsilon Chapter at Monmouth College in Illinois.
Alice Bartlett Bruner
Cora served as Alpha Xi Delta’s first President and first Grand President.
Cora Bollinger Block
Almira was a pioneer in religious education. She became a minister of the Universalist Church and served as director of Universalist Sunday Schools in Ohio.
Almira Lowry Cheney
Frances was a staunch advocate of women's suffrage and freedom and a talented writer responsible for many of the Fraternity’s early songs.
Frances Elisabeth Cheney
Bertha had three daughters, two of whom are Alpha Xi Deltas. Later in life, she served as a fraternity house director and as an administrator of a home for the aged.
Bertha Cook Evans
Entering Lombard already widowed, Eliza Curtis graduated in divinity and became a Universalist pastor, serving until her marriage to the Reverend J.L. Everton, a Lombard Sigma Nu. Eliza served as executive director of the Sampson County, North Carolina Chapter of the American Red Cross during World War I.
Eliza Drake Curtis Everton
Julia devoted her entire career to teaching in the St. Paul, Minnesota, schools. She served Alpha Xi Delta as a member of the committee that drafted the first Constitution.
Julia Maude Foster
Lucy was Alpha Xi Delta’s first Vice President and was both a teacher and a nurse. She spent many years traveling from city to city, practicing nursing and learning about her country first-hand.
Lucy W. Gilmer