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Founding Sisters
100
This famous flower is a lovely yellow daisy.
What is a marguerite?
100
A group of girls met secretly on January 21, 1869.
When was P.E.O. founded?
100
The third commandment tells us to not keep this very important person waiting.
Who is the hostess.
100
Name of women's college with a current capacity of 350 students which offers two year associates degrees and selected four year baccalaureate degrees
What is Cottey College?
100
The only member of the founding sisters to not graduate from Iowa Wesleyan.
Who is Ella Stewart.
200
These colors were worn by the cheerleaders of Cottey College after P.E.O. acquired it.
What are white and yellow?
200
This city was the home of Iowa Wesleyan University.
What is Mt. Pleasant, Iowa?
200
The first commandment bids us to not have these on P.E.O. Day.
What are Dates.
200
This project was established in 1991 to provide substantial awards to women pursuing advanced degrees.
What is The P.E.O scholar awards.
200
This founding sister wrote the original oath taken by the seven girls and the original constitution for P.E.O.
Who is Alice Bird Babb
300
This symbol is placed on the slope, not the peak.
What is the P.E.O. pin or emblem?
300
The number of women at the first P.E.O. meeting.
What is seven?
300
The second commandment requires you to wear this important accessory.
What is your pin.
300
This fund provides a $2,500 award to U.S. and Canadian high school senior women who wish to pursue post-secondary education.
What is the Star Scholarship?
300
This youngest member of the founding sisters was an intellectual who later went on to study at the Chicago Art Institute.
Who is Franc Rhodes.
400
Faith, Love, Purity, Justice and Truth
What virtues do the 5 points on the PEO pin represent?
400
January 14, 1939
When was Chapter B organized?
400
The sixth commandment admonishes us to not wait for the eleventh hour to do this.
What is Hunt for your program material.
400
Nevada, Missouri
Where is Cottey College?
400
The founding sister who presented the original idea of having a "society of our own".
Who is Hattie Briggs.
500
A lovely book telling of P.E.O.'s first 100 years
What is Out of the Heart?
500
White ruffled aprons dotted with black stars.
What was the first uniform in 1869?
500
This fourth commandment requires each member to learn these.
What is The objects and aims.
500
# of women have benefited from P.E.O.'s educational grants, loans, awards, special projects and stewardship of Cottey College
What is 88,000?
500
These seven women founded P.E.O.
Who are Hattie Briggs, Alice Bird Babb, Suela Pearson Penfield, Mary Allen, Ella Stewart, Alice Coffin, and Franc Rhodes.