Iota Alpha Pi??

notaffiliated · #1 10-02-2008, 11:01 AM

My mom started Iota Alpha Pi at Syracuse in the early 40's. She said she did it cause she was barred from joining any other house due to her religion.

pinksirfidel · #2 10-05-2008, 02:58 PM

Thanks for digging this thread back up! It is so interesting to read the history of this sorority! It just makes me think about how many other sororities have been forgotten? I hope the Iota Alpha Pi sisters find a way to keep in touch.

Quick question: Was D Phi E (Delta Phi Epsilon) founded upon Jewish traditions?

33girl · #3 10-06-2008, 01:21 PM

No. D Phi E was founded as a nonsectarian sorority. Some of the founders just happened to be Jewish.

Denise_DPhiE · #4 10-09-2008, 04:58 PM

Phi sigma Sigma was the first non-sectarian sorority (1913 in NYC) and DPhiE was also founded as a non-sectarian (1917 in NYC) but they didn't know PSS was also doing this in same city. This was long before email and facebook folks

Many members in the first 50 years of our existence were Jewish but that has diversified over the years.