Question: NPC Sorority Firsts?

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Alpha Phi has launched an outstanding record of accomplishments, including:

*1875 invited Frances E. Willard (a women's suffrage leader) to become the first alumna initiate.

*1888 established the Alpha Phi Quarterly, an award-winning magazine that has been published continuously to the present day.

*1902 called the inter-sorority meeting that resulted in the formation of the association now known as the National Panhellenic Conference, which then included Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, and Delta Delta Delta. This was the first intergroup organization on college campuses.

*1905 had a member, Frances E. Willard, recognized by the U.S. Congress who placed a statue of her in Statuary Hall in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to be so recognized. The pose is typical of her, standing at a lectern with a manuscript in her hand.

*1940 had a member, Frances E. Willard, portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.

*1986 introduced RESPOND: A Forum for Supportive Action, an anti-victimization education program dealing with alcohol abuse, acquaintance rape, eating disorders, suicide, hazing, and harassment.

*1988 introduced risk management education to collegians.

*1995 became the first NPC international/national member to have a site on the World Wide Web.