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Mabel Lee Walton
House-Woodstock, VA (National Headquarters)
History of Sigma
Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma
sorority was founded on April 20, 1898 at Longwood College in Farmville,
Virginia by eight woman: Margaret Batten, Louise Davis, Martha Trent
Featherson, Isabella Merrick, Sallie Michie, Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins, and
Luck Wright. They were looking for many of the same things you probably are
looking for in a sorority-friendship, leadership opportunities, involvement in
campus activities, and a support group while preparing for life after college.
Thus, they envisioned the National Sisterhood of Sigma Sigma Sigma.
The Early Sigmas saw a need for both legal
recognition as well as social body and a written record of organization. Thus
the early Alphas (1st chapter of our founders) filed documents with the
Commonwealth of Virginia and Sigma Sigma Sigma received its Charter of
Incorporation on February 12, 1903. The Alpha Chapter adopted Tri Sigma's first
constitution in April 1903.
Giant steps were taken in Sigma's first decade with the establishment of
additional collegiate chapters and the meetings of the entire membership at
Conventions. The national nature of Tri Sigma was established with the
Publication of The Triangle, the standardization of a ceremony for new members
and the creation of a program to celebrate Founders Day.
The circle of friendship that began in the 1890s, with eight women sharing
common experiences, now encompasses more than 80,000 women representing the
diversity found on the college campuses of today. The growth and change that
occurred in the many decades to follow always stayed true to the ideals of
friendship espoused by the Founders.
Each initiated member receives the latest edition of Tri Sigma's story, The
Years Remembered of Sigma Sigma Sigma; The Path from Farmville, which chronicles
the beginning of each collegiate chapter as well as the evolution of our
National Organization. Members also receive a lifetime subscription to our
national magazine The Triangle of Sigma Sigma Sigma, which charts Sigma's
progress three times a year.
Zeta Theta
History
The Zeta Theta
Chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma was founded on February 22, 1992 at
Idaho State University.
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