Women’s History Month: Founders
Happy Women’s History Month! We are so excited to celebrate this month and highlight the Panhellenic women who are doing wonderful things around campus. At this time, we want to celebrate and honor the women who founded the incredible sororities we have at Auburn University. Without them, we would not have the amazing chapters that we do today!
Alpha Chi Omega- Anna Allen, Olive Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy Dubois, Nellie Gamble, Bessie Grooms, and Estelle Leonard in 1885.
Alpha Delta Pi- Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Williams Mitchell, Sophronia Woodruff Dews, Octavia Andrew Rush, Mary Evans Glass, and Ella Pierce Turner in 1851.
Alpha Gamma Delta- Georgia Dickover, sisters Marguerite and Estelle Shepard, Jennie Clara Titus, Ethel Brown, Grace Mosher, Edith MacConnell, Mary Louise Snider, Georgia Otis Chipman, Emily Butterfield, and Flora Knight Mayer in 1904
Alpha Omicron Pi- Stella George Stern Perry, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, Jessie Wallace Hughan, and Helen St. Clair Mullan in 1897.
Alpha Xi Delta- Cora Bollinger Block, Alice Bartlett Bruner, Frances Elisabeth Cheney, Almira Lowry Cheney, Bertha Cook Evans, Eliza Drake Curtis Everton, Julia Maude Foster, Lucy W. Gilmer, Harriet Luella McCollum, and Lewie Strong Taylor in 1893.
Chi Omega- Ina May Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, Alice Cary Simonds, and Dr. Charles Richardson in 1895.
Delta Delta Delta- Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Stewart, and Isabel Morgan Breed in 1888.
Delta Gamma- Anna Boyd Ellington, Eva Webb Dodd, and Mary Comfort Leonard in 1873.
Delta Zeta- Alfa Lloyd, Mary Collins, Anna Keen, Julia Bishop, Mabelle Minton, and Anne Simmons in 1902.
Gamma Phi Beta- Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis and Mary A. Bingham in 1874.
Kappa Alpha Theta- Bettie Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, and Hannah Fitch Shaw in 1870.
Kappa Delta- Lenora Ashmore, Mary Sparks, Julia Tyler and Sara Turner in 1897.
Kappa Kappa Gamma- Mary Louise "Lou" Bennett, Hannah Jeannette "Jennie" Boyd, Susan "Sue" Burley Walker, Mary "Minnie" Moore Stewart, Martha Louisa "Lou" Stevenson, Anna Elizabeth Willits in 1870.
Phi Mu- Mary Ann DuPont Lines, Mary Elizabeth Myrick Daniel, and Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding in 1852.
Pi Beta Phi- Jennie Nicol, M.D. Libbie Brook Gaddis, Clara Brownlee Hutchinson, Ada Bruen Grier, Emma Brownlee Kilgore, Fannie Thomson, Margaret Campbell, Jennie Horne Turnbull, Rosa Moore Nancy Black Wallace, Inez Smith Soule, and Fannie Whitenack Libbey in 1867.
Sigma Kappa- Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mable Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn in 1874
Sigma Sigma Sigma - Margaret Lee Batten, Louise Marie Davis, Martha Trent Featherston, Isabella Merrick, Sallie Jackson Michie, Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins and Lucy Wright 1898
Zeta Tau Alpha- Maud Jones Horner, Della Lewis Hundley, Alice Bland Coleman, Mary Campbell Jones Batte, Alice Grey Welsh, Ethel Coleman Van Name, Helen May Crafford, Frances Yancey Smith, and Ruby Leigh Orgain in 1898.
