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Delta Gamma
was founded in 1873 in Oxford , Mississippi at the Lewis School
for Girls by Mary Comfort
Leonard, Eva Webb Dodd and Anna Boyd Ellington. As one of the seven
charter members of the National Panhellenic Conference in 1901,
Delta Gamma is one of the oldest women's fraternities in the country.
Delta Gamma
strives to go beyond other organizations, and proudly recognizes
its many "firsts". One such "first" was acheived in 1951 as Delta
Gamma became the first fraternity to establish an independent philanthropic
Foundation
to
promote
the
lifelong
motto
of each member,
"Do Good." Delta Gamma was also the first fraternity to establish
lectureship speakers
on
campuses
to promote
values
and ethics. Today, there are over 80,000 members of Delta Gamma
and over
140 chapters across the United States and Canada. |
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