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Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. (ΧΗΦ) is an American professional service organization for registered professional nurses and student nurses, representing many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Sarah Killian, DNP, RN is the current national president.
Chi Eta Phi Sorority Nursing Sorority was founded on October 16, 1932, at Freedman's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington D.C., now known as Howard University Hospital. The organization's foundation was based on concerns, at that time, which regarded restrictions in the employment of black nurses to segregated facilities and hospitals, and menial positions where there was little to no chance of advancement in the profession. African Americans were also unable to join most professional organizations. The Chi Eta Phi founders sought to encourage African Americans to pursue a career in nursing and to enhance the status of Black nurses.
The charter chapter, Alpha, was founded and organized by Ailene Carrington Ewell, RN, with the assistance of eleven other black registered nurses, collectively known as the "Jewels". The founders were Clara E. Beverly, Lillian Mosely Boswell, Gladys Louise Catchings, Bessie Foster Cephas, Henrietta Smith Chisholm, Susan Elizabeth Freeman, Ruth Turner Garrett, Olivia Larkins Howard, Mildred Wood Lucas, Clara Belle Royster, and Katherine Chandler Turner. The sorority was incorporated in the District of Columbia in May 1932. Its first executive secretary was Mabel Keaton Staupers.
Originally, the sorority's membership was limited to female Black nurses. Members offered local health screenings, provided health education, raised funds to provide scholarships for nursing students, and provided those in need within their communities with clothing, food, and money. The sorority also raised funds to start and operated a health clinic in Monrovia, Liberia.
Chi Eta Phi became affiliated with the National Council of Negro Women. Under the leadership of the Building Fund chair, Thelma Harris, the sorority purchased its national headquarters building at 3029 13th Street in Washington, D.C., in 1971. That same year, the sorority established the Board of Directors of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., which held its first meeting in November 1971. In August 1973, the sorority and the American Nurses Association added a monument to the grave of Mary Eliza Mahoney, considered the first Black professional nurse in the United States.
The sorority welcomed its first male member in 1977. Today, Chi Eta Phi is a professional organization, rather than a sorority, and its membership is no longer restricted by race or gender. It belongs to the American Nurses Association's Nursing Organizational Liaison Forum. In 2010, it had initiated 8,000 members and had formed 90 graduate chapters and 50 undergraduate chapters.
The name Chi Eta Phi was chosen for its Greek letters which stand for Character, Education, and Friendship. The sorority's colors are pea green and lemon yellow. Its flower is the white chrysanthemum with ivy. Its mascot is the turtle, chosen because it is determined, persevering, a risk taker, sure-footed, and purposefully directed. Its motto is "Service for Humanity".
Its journal, The Glowing Lamp, connects to the symbol used to represent Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The organization's crest is topped by the glowing lamp and features the Cadueceus, the staff carried by Hermes, the herald of the Greek gods who oversaw art of healing or medicine.
Chi Eta Phi
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. (ΧΗΦ) is an American professional service organization for registered professional nurses and student nurses, representing many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds. Sarah Killian, DNP, RN is the current national president.
Chi Eta Phi Sorority Nursing Sorority was founded on October 16, 1932, at Freedman's Hospital School of Nursing in Washington D.C., now known as Howard University Hospital. The organization's foundation was based on concerns, at that time, which regarded restrictions in the employment of black nurses to segregated facilities and hospitals, and menial positions where there was little to no chance of advancement in the profession. African Americans were also unable to join most professional organizations. The Chi Eta Phi founders sought to encourage African Americans to pursue a career in nursing and to enhance the status of Black nurses.
The charter chapter, Alpha, was founded and organized by Ailene Carrington Ewell, RN, with the assistance of eleven other black registered nurses, collectively known as the "Jewels". The founders were Clara E. Beverly, Lillian Mosely Boswell, Gladys Louise Catchings, Bessie Foster Cephas, Henrietta Smith Chisholm, Susan Elizabeth Freeman, Ruth Turner Garrett, Olivia Larkins Howard, Mildred Wood Lucas, Clara Belle Royster, and Katherine Chandler Turner. The sorority was incorporated in the District of Columbia in May 1932. Its first executive secretary was Mabel Keaton Staupers.
Originally, the sorority's membership was limited to female Black nurses. Members offered local health screenings, provided health education, raised funds to provide scholarships for nursing students, and provided those in need within their communities with clothing, food, and money. The sorority also raised funds to start and operated a health clinic in Monrovia, Liberia.
Chi Eta Phi became affiliated with the National Council of Negro Women. Under the leadership of the Building Fund chair, Thelma Harris, the sorority purchased its national headquarters building at 3029 13th Street in Washington, D.C., in 1971. That same year, the sorority established the Board of Directors of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., which held its first meeting in November 1971. In August 1973, the sorority and the American Nurses Association added a monument to the grave of Mary Eliza Mahoney, considered the first Black professional nurse in the United States.
The sorority welcomed its first male member in 1977. Today, Chi Eta Phi is a professional organization, rather than a sorority, and its membership is no longer restricted by race or gender. It belongs to the American Nurses Association's Nursing Organizational Liaison Forum. In 2010, it had initiated 8,000 members and had formed 90 graduate chapters and 50 undergraduate chapters.
The name Chi Eta Phi was chosen for its Greek letters which stand for Character, Education, and Friendship. The sorority's colors are pea green and lemon yellow. Its flower is the white chrysanthemum with ivy. Its mascot is the turtle, chosen because it is determined, persevering, a risk taker, sure-footed, and purposefully directed. Its motto is "Service for Humanity".
Its journal, The Glowing Lamp, connects to the symbol used to represent Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The organization's crest is topped by the glowing lamp and features the Cadueceus, the staff carried by Hermes, the herald of the Greek gods who oversaw art of healing or medicine.