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Originally posted by CASIGKAP
Sigma Kappa was founded at Colby College on November 9, 1874
We are 130 years old!
These wonderful ladies are our 5 founders:
Mary Low Carver - early 20's
* First woman to become a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.........
Louise Helen Coburn - 18
* Second lady to attain Phi Beta Kappa
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Please forgive a correction.....
Two members of the Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta were the first women to be be selected for membership and initiated into Phi Beta Kappa. This occurred at the University of Vermont in 1875.
(eta) Those Thetas were Lida Mason Hodge and Ellan Hamilton Woodruff. They were both seniors and ranked in the top four members of their class.
From the Phi Beta Kappa website: Alpha of Vermont, at the University of Vermont, admitted the first women members in 1875.
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