Hi Again...
Im sorry for any mistakes in my list.. I apologize greatly....
It was really really late and I was retyping it from a handout I had during my phi period....

There should be some history of NPC somewhere where people could go look and investigate, because everyone seems to learn different information..
oh well :D
have a nice day everyone

Ok so to keep adding.... Kappa Alpha Theta was the first women's organization to take on greek letters and go national. Other secret societies came out soon after that including those that were actually founded before. So as far as I am concerned when each chapter adopted there greek letters is when they were founded making KAO the first greek organization for women.

www.Kappaalphtheta.org

HHMM, I thought Soroitys came from Little Fraternity Guys who would not let women in as they did not even have the right to vote!

So Ladies you may once again thank the men for helping you in a time of need!:D

As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter who first used Greek letters (after all, men's fraternities still don't all use them yet no one says Triangle or FarmHouse don't count as fraternities!, neither do some smaller national sororities), or who was first called a sorority (after all, the concept was naturally invented before the term), or who felt that being national was important at founding (ie, even if they wanted to go national, they weren't yet!). These are all interesting claims to fame, but none of these make an organization the first secret social fraternal organization for college women, which I *think* is the meaning of the question, "Which was the first women's sorority?" when most people ask it.

Tom, only a few sororities came from little sister groups. Once the concept of "women's fraternity" was established, most of the subsequent groups were formed to compete with another sorority on campus!

Alpha Delta Pi is the first. Period.