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FOUNDERS
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Mary Louise
Bennett
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Hannah Jeanette
Boyd
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Martha Louisa Stevenson |
Mary Moore
Stewart
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Susan Burley
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Anna Elizabeth Willits
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 Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded on October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College. Kappa's six Founders (Mary Moore Stewart, Anna Elizabeth Willits, Susan Burley Walker, Hanna Jeanette Boyd, Mary Louise Bennett, & Martha Louisa Stevenson) were exceptional young women who believed they could take on the world and create something totally new. Taught to love learning and literature, these educated ladies not only originated the idea of Kappa Kappa Gamma but wrote its constitution, planned its motto and chose its badge and name. Today, Kappa has 131 collegiate chapters and nearly 300 active alumnae associations. More than 200,000 Kappas have been initiated since our founding at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, on October 13, 1870, by these six pioneering women!
KAPPA FIRSTS
FIRST of women's fraternities to turn from Grand Chapter form of government to Grand Council organization (1881)
FIRST of women's fraternities to publish a magazine - The Key - Resolution adopted 1881 - first issue printed 1882.
FIRST to extend invitations to a Panhellenic convention (1891)
FIRST women's fraternity to establish a Central Office (1922)
FIRST to adopt the graduate counselor system - established as the Co- Organizer Program (1928)
FIRST to set up Service Women's Centers (1942)
FIRST women's fraternity to establish a permanent Fraternity Headquarters (1951)
FIRST to join with another sorority in a co-housing venture - with Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of Pittsburgh (1965)
FIRST of women's fraternities to incorporate a Heritage Museum (1981)
FAMOUS KAPPAS
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Ashley Judd
Actress
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Gena Cassavetes
Actress
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Kate Spade
Designer
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Lorie Hickson-Smith
Designer-Trading Spaces
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Jane Pauley
News Anchor
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Jann Carl Sears
News Anchor/ ET
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Jean Bartel
Miss America
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Donna de Varona
Sports Commentator
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Kate Jackson
Actress/Charlie's Angels
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Nancy Ritter
Wife of John Ritter
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Lucy B. Hayes
Wife of President R.B. Hayes
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