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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!
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