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The year P.E.O was founded

What is 1869?

100

The Founders were between these ages.

What is 16-20?

100

The year P.E.O. was founded.

What is 1869?

100

The left-hand side above the heart

Where did the Founders wear their pins?

100

$1.00

What was the fine if one of the Founders lent her pin to her boyfriend?

200

College where P.E.O. was founded

What is Iowa Wesleyan College?

200

Seven

How many original Founders were there?

200

This debuted in 1889

What is the P.E.O. Record?

200

Alice Virginia Coffin

Which Founder suggested the star as the emblem?

200

All but one of the Founders completed this.

What is college?

300

A Constitution was adopted and officers were elected

What happened at the first P.E.O. meeting?

300

Names of 2 of the original founders

Who are Mary Allen-Stafford, Alice Bird-Babb, Franc Roads-Elliot, Suela Pearson-Penfield, Ella Stewart, Alice Virginia Coffin, and Hattie Briggs-Bousquet?

300

The P.E.O. website was launched in this year

What is 1998?

300

Member name, chapter letter, state and year of initiation

What is engraved  on a reverse side of P.E.O. pin

300

$5,500,000.00

What is the average total amount P.E.O. chapters give yearly to assist women with educational needs?

400

In 1869, it was I.C., today it is known as Pi Beta Phi

The Founders organized P.E.O. as an alternative to this Greek sorority.

400

Large white aprons with high bibs and a star pinned to the left shoulder

What did the Founders wear at their chapel service debut?

400

The year ELF was established as the first unified P.E.O. project.

What is 1907?

400

Seven white enameled marguerites with gold star in center

What is the design of a Past State President's emblem?

400

"Blest Be the Tie that Binds"

What tune was the first Ode sang to?

500

Knowledge is gained by these

What are nature, art, books, study, and society?

500

The Founders cut their hair short and vowed that the Tyrant Man should never enter their lives

How did the Founders show their support for women's suffrage?

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in 1927, this was gifted to the P.E.O. Sisterhood

What is Cottey College?

500

"The star might be touched as a signal of distress or warning", and a member was to come to her sister's aid at once.

How could a sister signal that she needed help?

500

Cottey College offers this number of 4 year Bachelor's degrees

What are 15?