Sigma Kappa was founded on November 9, 1874, by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The five founders of Sigma Kappa are Mary Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller Pierce, Louise Helen Coburn and Frances Mann Hall.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows, Ph.D., M.D., was an initiate of the George Washington University chapter.
Nell Morgan Austin Enlows, Ph.D., M.D., Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Rev. Hannah J. Powell was an initiate of the Beta Chapter of Sigma Kappa at Colby College.
Rev. Hannah J. Powell, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Margot Sherman was an initiate of the University of Michigan chapter.
Margot Sherman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2022
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Esther Mosher Schneider was an initiate of the Cornell University chapter.
Esther Mosher Schneider, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Josie Batcheller Houchens was an initiate of the University of Illinois chapter.
Josie Batcheller Houchens, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Elydia Foss Shipman was an initiate of the Colby College chapter and then helped start the Delta Chapter at Boston University.
Elydia Foss Shipman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2019
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Clara Dockum Van Auken was initiated at the University of Illinois and then affiliated with the Syracuse University chapter. Her college colors remained the same – orange and blue.
Clara Dockum Van Auken, Sigma Kappa, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
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Mary Ann Newcomb Cornwell was an initiate of the George Washington University chapter.
Mary Ann Newcomb Cornwell, Sigma Kappa, #amazingsororitywoman, #WHM2017
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Ellen Bertha Person was an initiate of the George Washington University chapter.
#WHM – Ellen Bertha Person, Newspaperwoman and Sigma Kappa
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Anna McCune Harper was an initiate of the University of California – Berkeley chapter.
On Sigma Kappa’s Birthday – a Wimbledon Champ Who Was National President
