Phi Sigma Sigma was founded at Hunter College on November 26, 1913. Its 10 founders are Lillian Gordon Alpern, Josephine Ellison Breakstone, Fay Chertkoff, Estelle Melnick Cole, Jeanette Lipka Furst, Ethel Gordon Kraus, Shirley Cohen Laufer, Claire Wunder McArdle, Rose Sher Seidman and Gwen Zaliels Snyder.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Iris Barrel Apfel was an initiate of the University of Wisconsin chapter.
Iris Barrel Apfel, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Irma Ginsberg Kalish was an initiate of the Syracuse University chapter.
Irma Ginsberg Kalish, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Jesselyn Benson Zurik was an initiate of the Sophie Newcomb College (Tulane University) chapter.
Jesselyn Benson Zurik, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2022
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Helen Sher Shopmaker was an initiate of the University of Illinois chapter.
Helen Sher Shopmaker, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Miriam Olden Fendler was an initiate of the University of Michigan chapter.
Miriam Olden Fendler, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Pessa Polasky Kandinoff was an initiate of the University of Cincinnati chapter.
Pessa Polasky Kandinoff, Phi Sigma Sigma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019
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Bella Maisel Rock was an initiate of the University of Buffalo chapter.
Bella Maisel Rock, Phi Sigma Sigma, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
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Belle Furman Spillman was an initiate of the Adelphi University chapter.
Belle Furman Spillman, a 1923 initiate of the chapter at Adelphi University.
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Jennie Grossinger was installed as Phi Sigma Sigma’s first National Patroness at an event at the new chapter house of the University of Maryland chapter.
