Join all of us here at The People's Station V-103 as we wish Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. a very Happy Founder's Day!
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin, and Cubena McClure. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University. Sigma Gamma Rho aims to uplift the community through sisterhood, leadership, and service.
Sigma Gamma Rho has welcomed more than 100,000 collegiate and professional women from every profession and has more than 500 chapters. Sigma Gamma Rho’s commitment to service is expressed in its slogan, “Greater Service, Greater Progress.”
Some notable members of the sorority that you may recognize are actress, Hattie McDaniel, recording artists, Kelly Price, MC Lyte, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Fantasia, Marsha Ambrosius, and JeKalyn Carr, and Miss USA 2016, Deshauna Barber.