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A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men, and a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations also refer to themselves as women's fraternities.
A fraternity is usually understood to mean a social organization composed only of men while a sorority is composed of women. However, many women's organizations and co-ed organizations refer to themselves as women's fraternities. This list of collegiate North American fraternities is not exhaustive.
Members of Congress, all of whom are Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, among them then-Senator Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President of the United States. This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs [1]) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.
Delta Delta Delta, sorority, founded 1888; Degree of Pocahontas; Delta Sigma Theta sorority, founded 1913; EMILY's List; Equal Rights Advocates; Feminists for Life; Feminist Majority Foundation; General Federation of Women's Clubs (1890) Girls For A Change (2002) Girls on the Run, founded 1996 for pre-teens; Girl Scouts of the United States of ...
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s) ... San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row [10] Gretchen Cryer: ... Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy [3] Madelyn Pugh: Delta.
Tory Burch (Beta Eta, University of Pennsylvania) – fashion designer [1]; Carolyn S. Chambers (Alpha Xi, Oregon) – owner and CEO of Chambers Communications Corporation [1]
The names of almost all fraternities and sororities consist of a sequence of two or three Greek letters, for instance, Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Chi, Chi Omega, or Psi Upsilon. There are a few exceptions to this general rule, as in the case of the fraternities Triangle , Acacia , and Seal and Serpent .
Name Charter date and range Founding location Type Affiliation Status References Alpha Kappa Alpha: January 15, 1908: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Delta Sigma Theta: January 13, 1913: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Zeta Phi Beta: January 16, 1920: Howard University: Social, collegiate NPHC: Active Sigma ...