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Our founders wanted something equal to the men's fraternities that existed on the Monmouth College campus. There was a literary society (I. C. Sorosis that became Pi Beta Phi in later years), but our founders decided that nothing short of a Greek Letter organization would satisfy them.
They founded the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity (yes we are a Fraternity), and at the time thought they were the first to form a Greek Letter organization for women. The did not know it, but Kappa Alpha Theta had been founded using greek letters in January of 1870 before our founding date of October 13, 1870.
So we were the second ladies Fraternity founded using greek letters. In reading the history of Kappa, our founders never dreamed of more than a local existance for Kappa, but we have grown into one of the most recognized and respected women's fraternities.
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