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Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta (ΓΦΒ, also known as GPhi, GPhiB, or Gamma Phi) is an international college sorority. It was founded in Syracuse University in 1874 and was the first of the Greek organizations to call itself a sorority. The term "sorority" was coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at Syracuse University.
The sorority's international headquarters are located in Centennial, Colorado. As of 2023, Gamma Phi Beta listed more than 246,000 initiated members, 137 active collegiate chapters, 190 chartered collegiate chapters, and more than 155 alumnae groups in the United States and Canada.
Gamma Phi Beta Society was founded on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, by Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis, and Mary A. Bingham. The founders had originally selected light blue as the official color but changed it in 1875 to brown and mode (dark and light brown). The society's first initiate, Clara Worden, joined in March 1875.
For its first several years, Gamma Phi Beta was simply known as a society; it had never used the term fraternity. It was the first of the national women's organizations to adopt the word "sorority", coined in 1882 on behalf of the Syracuse chapter by one of the Latin professors on the faculty, Dr. Frank Smalley. From 1882 on, the organization was known as Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Gamma Phi Beta is a member of the Syracuse Triad, the name given to the three women's sororities founded at Syracuse University. Alpha Phi was founded first in 1872 by 10 of the original 20 women admitted to Syracuse University. Gamma Phi Beta came along two years later in 1874, and Alpha Gamma Delta completed the triad in 1904. Syracuse Triad ceremonies or events are held on most campuses with chapters of all three groups.
The sorority's second chapter, the Beta chapter at the University of Michigan, was chartered in 1882 and was followed in 1885 by the Gamma chapter at University of Wisconsin. Over the next ten years, the sorority expanded into the Midwest and into eastern schools. In 1894, Gamma Phi Beta expanded to the West Coast at the University of California and to Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Gamma Phi Beta's first convention was held in Syracuse in 1883, followed by annual sessions held until 1907. After that year, conventions became biennial, offset by a Leadership Training School held in the off-convention years. In 1891, Gamma Phi Beta joined the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) as a founding member.
By 1907, Gamma Phi Beta had initiated more than 1,200 chapters with twelve collegiate chapters and six alumni chapters. Haven assisted with establishing the Omicron chapter at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois in 1913. Omicron is the only other chapter established by one of the founders. In 1919, the establishment of the Alpha Alpha chapter at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, made the sorority international.
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta (ΓΦΒ, also known as GPhi, GPhiB, or Gamma Phi) is an international college sorority. It was founded in Syracuse University in 1874 and was the first of the Greek organizations to call itself a sorority. The term "sorority" was coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at Syracuse University.
The sorority's international headquarters are located in Centennial, Colorado. As of 2023, Gamma Phi Beta listed more than 246,000 initiated members, 137 active collegiate chapters, 190 chartered collegiate chapters, and more than 155 alumnae groups in the United States and Canada.
Gamma Phi Beta Society was founded on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, by Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis, and Mary A. Bingham. The founders had originally selected light blue as the official color but changed it in 1875 to brown and mode (dark and light brown). The society's first initiate, Clara Worden, joined in March 1875.
For its first several years, Gamma Phi Beta was simply known as a society; it had never used the term fraternity. It was the first of the national women's organizations to adopt the word "sorority", coined in 1882 on behalf of the Syracuse chapter by one of the Latin professors on the faculty, Dr. Frank Smalley. From 1882 on, the organization was known as Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Gamma Phi Beta is a member of the Syracuse Triad, the name given to the three women's sororities founded at Syracuse University. Alpha Phi was founded first in 1872 by 10 of the original 20 women admitted to Syracuse University. Gamma Phi Beta came along two years later in 1874, and Alpha Gamma Delta completed the triad in 1904. Syracuse Triad ceremonies or events are held on most campuses with chapters of all three groups.
The sorority's second chapter, the Beta chapter at the University of Michigan, was chartered in 1882 and was followed in 1885 by the Gamma chapter at University of Wisconsin. Over the next ten years, the sorority expanded into the Midwest and into eastern schools. In 1894, Gamma Phi Beta expanded to the West Coast at the University of California and to Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Gamma Phi Beta's first convention was held in Syracuse in 1883, followed by annual sessions held until 1907. After that year, conventions became biennial, offset by a Leadership Training School held in the off-convention years. In 1891, Gamma Phi Beta joined the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) as a founding member.
By 1907, Gamma Phi Beta had initiated more than 1,200 chapters with twelve collegiate chapters and six alumni chapters. Haven assisted with establishing the Omicron chapter at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois in 1913. Omicron is the only other chapter established by one of the founders. In 1919, the establishment of the Alpha Alpha chapter at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada, made the sorority international.