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| The Original 10 Founders |
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| Rena Michaels Atchison and Clara Sittser Williams |
| Kate Hogoboom Gilbert |
| Martha Foote Crow |
| Jane Sara Higham (picture available soon) |
| Clara Bradley Burdette |
| Florence Chidester Lukens |
| Ida Gilber Houghton |
| Elizabeth Hubbel Shults |
| Louise Shepard Hancock |
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| In September, 1872, twenty women enrolled at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. These women had a common need for friends who could sympathize and support each other... |
| Martha Foote Crow, Kate Hogoboom, and Clara Sittser discussed their problems and witnessed the male security in fraternities. On September 18, 1872, they gathered with seven other women and held the first chapter meeting... |
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| On September 30, 1872, at the home of Ida Gilbert in Syracuse, New York, these six freshmen, three sophomores, and one junior founded Alpha Phi with the first initiation ceremony... |
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| These Women Are Our Original Ten |
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