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Pi Beta Phi was founded as a secret organization under the name of I. C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867 at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Pi Beta Phi is regarded as the first national women's fraternity, although Kappa Alpha Theta was the first Greek-letter fraternity known among women in 1870. [2]
Many were what Pi Beta Phi then called "Associate chapters", not colonies, but rather 'Community' chapters not linked to a school, or "Alumnae chapters" that did not initiate new members. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following is a list of I.C. Sorosis chapters from before the name change, which were either Associate (~Community) chapters or Alumni chapters ...
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s) Susan Akin: Mississippi Beta 1986 Miss America: Adrienne Maloof-Nassif: New Mexico Alpha Co-owner Maloof Properties and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star.
Rachel Jane "Jennie" Nicol (1845–1881) was a founder of Pi Beta Phi and a physician.In 1867, she cofounded I.C. Sorosis at Monmouth College in Illinois, the first secret collegiate society for women patterned after men's fraternities, which later adopted the Greek name Pi Beta Phi (ΠΒΦ).
The Pi Beta Phi foundation named the May Lansfield Keller Award for Philanthropic Leadership after her, [9] as was the Keller Hall named at Westhampton College. [10] In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Keller's name would be on the Virginia Women's Monument 's glass Wall of Honor.
Pi Alpha Gamma ΠΑΓ: October 18, 2011: St Thomas University: Social Local Independent 0 Inactive [43] Pi Beta Phi: ΠΒΦ: Pi Phi April 28, 1867: Monmouth College: Social International NPC: 4 Active Pi Nu Epsilon: ΠΝΕ: November 1914: State University of New York at Canton: Social International Independent 0 Inactive [44] Sigma Beta Phi ...
At the time, Pi Lambda Phi had 20 active chapters and Phi Beta Delta had 16, considering duplications, the combined Pi Lambda Phi fraternity was a net of 33 chapters. It was at this time that Pi Lambda Phi chapters were prefixed by a state designation to distinguish duplicate Greek letter names. All members and alumni of Phi Beta Delta were ...
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