Independent Women's Law Center Joins the Fight to Keep Sororities Female
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Women's Forum and Independent Women's Law Center (IWLC) are supporting the appeal of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority women who were denied the all-female sisterhood they were promised. On Monday, the plaintiff sorority members in Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma filed a notice to appeal in the District of Wyoming, which moves the case to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Wyoming court ruled that the plaintiff sorority members were not entitled to a women's-only sorority, even though Kappa Kappa Gamma's bylaws require a women's only sorority, because the word "woman" is subject to interpretation.
- "With their support, we can continue to fight for the women that deserve respect in the present and in the future."
- Sororities were founded to provide a single-sex space for women, and Kappa Kappa Gamma's board members cannot eliminate that promise simply by redefining the word.
- "Independent Women's Law Center will always fight for women when those in power warp the English language to remove the same opportunities that have benefited women for decades," said Independent Women's Law Center attorney appealing the case, May Mailman.
- Over the decades, sororities have heralded the benefits and values of a single sex environment to develop women's life and leadership skills.