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Pi Beta Phi (ΠΒΦ), often known simply as Pi Phi, is an international women's fraternity founded at Monmouth College, in Monmouth, Illinois on April 28, 1867, as I. C. Sorosis, the first national secret college society of women to be modeled after the men's Greek-letter fraternity. Pi Phi's headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri.
In 2013 and 2014, sorority women from multiple chapters at the University of Alabama – including Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Phi Mu – alleged that either active members or some of their alumnae had prevented them from offering membership to black candidates because of ...
Suffragist and member of the National Woman's Party [2] Carrie Chapman Catt: Iowa Gamma Founder of the League of Women Voters: Grace Goodhue Coolidge: Vermont Beta 32nd First Lady of the United States and wife of Calvin Coolidge, charter member of the Vermont Beta chapter Cate Edwards: New Jersey Alpha
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 ...
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).
Phi Omega Pi 1945–1947: Amy Onken: Pi Beta Phi 1947–1949: L. Pearle Green: Kappa Alpha Theta 1949–1951: Edith Crabtree: Kappa Kappa Gamma 1951–1953: Margaret Hutchinson: Alpha Phi 1953–1955: Helen Byars: Delta Gamma 1955–1957: Beatrice Hogan: Gamma Phi Beta 1957–1959: Rosita Nordwall: Alpha Chi Omega 1959–1961: Ernestine Grigsby ...
At formation it was known briefly as Pi Beta Phi professional fraternity, but changed its name because a woman's fraternity also known as Pi Beta Phi had prior claim to that name. [1] Its Beta chapter was established at the University of Michigan on April 1, 1898, with its first national general assembly in Ann Arbor on January 6, 1900.
Kappa Pi Beta National Fraternity, Inc. (ΚΠΒ) is an Asian interest collegiate fraternity with chapters in the Midwestern United States. It was established at Northern Illinois University in 2000. The fraternity is a member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association .