Alpha Sigma Alpha was founded on November 15, 1901, at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its founders had been asked to join some of the other sororities on campus, but they wanted to stay together. The five, Virginia Lee Boyd (Noell), Juliette Jefferson Hundley (Gilliam), Calva Hamlet Watson (Wootton), Louise Burks Cox (Carper) and Mary Williamson Hundley, started their own sorority, and they called it Alpha Sigma Alpha.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Cynthia Coolbaugh was an initiate of the James Madison University chapter.
Cynthia Coolbaugh, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Betty Mallue was an initiate of the Buffalo State Teacher’s College chapter.
Betty Mallue, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Carlotta Corpron was an initiate of the chapter at Michigan State Normal College (Eastern Michigan University).
Carlotta Corpron, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Ann Brewington was an initiate of the chapter at State Teacher’s College (now Truman State) in Kirksville, Missouri.
Ann Brewington, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Leona Wilcox was a charter member of the Drake University chapter.
Leona Wilcox, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Dorcas Bates Reilly was an initiate of the Drexel University chapter.
A Green Bean Casserole for Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Founders’ Day
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Denise Swanson is an initiate of the Loyola University (IL) chapter.
Denise Swanson, Alpha Sigma Alpha, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen
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Elva Doyle Reed was an initiate of the chapter at State Teacher’s College (now Truman State) in Kirksville, Missouri.
#WHM – Elva Doyle Reed, Alpha Sigma Alpha
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Freida Joy Riley was an initiate of the Alpha Sigma Alpha chapter at Concord College
Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Founders’ Day and an Outstanding Educator, Freida Joy Riley
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Wilma Wilson Sharp was a charter member of the Central Missouri State University chapter.
Alpha Sigma Alpha and Wilma Wilson Sharp
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Beth Harkness was an initiate of of the Fort Hays Kansas State College.
