Quadranglers

The Quadranglers club was founded in 1895 when University of Chicago student Theodosia Kane declined an invitation to join a sorority at Northwestern University and establish a chapter at the University of Chicago. Kane decided instead to form an independent club at the University and recruited fellow residents of Kelly Hall. The club’s first president was Edna Stanton, who later married University of Chicago physics professor and Nobel Prize winner A.A. Michelson. In 1925 the club established a scholarship fund supported by its alumnae association. The club remained active until the early 1970s.

From the guide to the Quadranglers. Records, 1905-1971, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)