Kylie Smith and Mary Osborne

Key Matters

History EN ↓ 29 episodes

Skimming all the news in Kappa Kappa Gamma's magazine The Golden Key (now called The Key) - starting in 1882.

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Kylie Smith and Mary Osborne

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Growth in Every Way 20.11.2020 31:28

In 1885 and 1886 we get some great correspondence from Mary Livermore and Julia Ward Howe; the field of architecture is opening up to women; and there's a new chapter editing the magazine...Minnetta finally gets a well-deserved break! Oh, and we're still working on our sign-offs.

Back to the Beginning 06.11.2020 35:08

We go all the way back to the very first issues of The Golden Key, May 1882 through June 1885. Kappa is growing and looking for ways to more effectively communicate. Editor Minnetta Taylor is getting her footing and the first magazine to be published by a women's fraternity starts out as more of a literary publication with a few exchanges with the men's fraternities about the state of Greek Letter...

Drink or swab? 16.10.2020 5:40

One of the first seemingly unrelated advertisements in The Golden Key was for Pond's Extract - the forerunner to Pond's Cold Cream.

1918 - Sound familiar? 10.09.2020 9:10

A quick review of the May 1918 issue showed a lot of similarities to things that are happening today.