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On January 27, 1870, Bettie Locke, Alice Allen, Hannah Fitch, and Bettie Tipton established Kappa Alpha Theta, the first female Greek-letter college fraternity, at Indiana Asbury University. The fraternity fostered unity, promoted scholastic achievement, and provided a social outlet. Indiana Asbury University was founded in 1837. Locke and Allen were two of the first women enrolled on a limited basis in 1867, and women were opposed and ostracized by many male students, faculty, townspeople, and students at a local female seminary. Based on the success of these early women, the university allowed women to take classes "on the same terms as" men in 1871. A house was built after 1940, when the prior chapter house on the site was demolished.
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