Members of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, one of the 10 oldest women's organizations in North America, are proud of our rich and accomplished history, dating back to our founding on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in New York. 

 

During an era when women were discourage from attending college, four bold and courageous friends came together and formed a women’s society, later to become the first of its kind to be called a “Sorority.” They bonded together to face adversity and to encourage one another’s intellectual growth. Now, nearly 140 years later, we celebrate the vision and dedication of those women — and those who have come since then — who have built Gamma Phi Beta Sorority into one of the largest and most well respected sororities in the world.

 

We honor these women, our founders, by upholding their vision of “inspiring the highest type of womanhood” in our daily lives and actions.

 

Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the Sorority has chartered more than 180 collegiate chapters across the United States and Canada, and has more than 190,000 collegiate and alumnae members worldwide. The Sorority includes more than 130 active collegiate chapters and more than 160 active alumnae chapters.