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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the first Greek-letter organization for African-American women, was founded on January 15, 1908 by nine young female Howard University students. They…

Alpha Gamma Delta was founded at Syracuse University on May 30, 1904 at the home of Dr. Wellesley Perry Coddington, a Syracuse University professor. Alpha Gamma…

Phi Mu was founded on January 4, 1852, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. Originally known as the Philomathean Society, it and Alpha Delta Pi, also…

Alpha Epsilon Phi was founded in 1909 at Barnard College in New York City. It was founded in Helen Phillips’ room. She had the inspiration for…

On May 15, 1851, Alpha Delta Pi was founded as the Adelphean Society at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia, by six young women. The founders…

Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, on October 15, 1885. Its seven founders are Anna Allen, Olive Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy…

Mary Margaret Truman, the only child of Harry and Bess Wallace Truman, was born on February 17, 1924. The Truman family at the Democratic National Convention.…

Delta Gamma was founded by three young women, Eva Webb, Anna Boyd, and Mary Comfort, who were unable to travel from the Lewis School in Oxford,…

Frances Haven grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Evanston, Illinois, as her father, Dr. Erastus Otis Haven, headed up the University of Michigan and then…

Before September 11 became a day of national tragedy, it was a date important to all Alpha Tau Omega members. On September 11, 1865, 150 years…