Fitzgerald, Eugenia Tucker (c. 1834–1928)
Fitzgerald, Eugenia Tucker (c. 1834–1928)
American founder of a college society. Name variations: Eugenia Tucker. Born Eugenia Tucker c. 1824 in Laurens Co., Virginia; died Dec 10, 1928; graduated as valedictorian from Wesleyan College, 1852.
Was primary founder and 1st president of the 1st secret college society for women, the Adelphean Society (later named Alpha Delta Phi, 1904, then Alpha Delta Pi, 1913) at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA (1851).
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