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Alpha Delta Pi would gain notoriety in 1851 as the first organization to be called a sorority. The terms sorority and women's fraternity have always since been interchangeable with some using one or the other in only formal or informal contexts. The social sororities were one of the few social outlets at most universities.
Margaret Flagg Holmes (September 6, 1886 – January 29, 1976) was one of the sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, at Howard University in Washington, DC. It was the first sorority founded by African-American women. She went on to earn a Master's in Philosophy at Columbia University in New York.
The first multicultural sorority, Mu Sigma Upsilon, was established in November 1981 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. [26] The formation of this Greek organization allowed for the emergence of a multicultural fraternity and sorority movement, giving birth to a multicultural movement.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (ΑΚΑ) is the first intercollegiate historically African-American sorority. [3] The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students led by Ethel Hedgemon Lyle.
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle (born Ethel Hedgeman, sometimes spelled Hedgemon; February 10, 1887 – November 28, 1950) was a founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority (ΑΚΑ) at Howard University in 1908. It was the first sorority founded by African-American college women. Lyle is often referred to as the "Guiding Light" for the organization.
Delta Theta Tau (ΔΘΤ) is a North American service sorority that is community based and non-collegiate. It was founded on October 16, 1903, in Muncie, Indiana. Delta Theta Tau was the first non-sectarian sorority. [1] [2] Its members are only required to "believe in a higher power."
In 1913, Boyd was the corresponding secretary on the first Directorate of Alpha Kappa Alpha. [4] She also was a regional director of the North Atlantic Region. Boyd chartered the Xi Omega chapter in Washington, D.C., where she served as president. [4] In 1934, she raised funds for the first year of Alpha Kappa Alpha's Mississippi Health Project ...
Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity (the term "sorority" had not yet been invented) founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women.