We have 7 incredible founders.
They are:
Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson
Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little
Vivian White Marbury
Bessie Downey Rhodes Martin
Cubena McClure
Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford
Dorothy Hanley Whiteside
*Taken from the Theta Chi Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho website*
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated was founded on the predominantly white campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 12, 1922. The sorority was organized by seven school teachers who shared a vision of true sisterhood.
The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929 and has the distinction of being the first African-Amercian greek organization on Butler's campus.
Today, we have grown to over 77,000 members with over 400 chapters in the United States, Bahamas, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands & Germany. As a leading national service organization, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. has met the challenges of the day and continues to grow through Sisterhood, Scholarship and Service.
Theta Chi chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc