History:

Delta Gamma Fraternity was founded in 1873 in Oxford, Mississippi
at the Lewis School for Girls. Mary Comfort Leonard, Eva Webb Dodd
and Anna Boyd Ellington are the founders of Delta Gamma.

Delta Gamma strives to foster high ideals of friendship among college
women, promote their educational and cultural interests, create in them
a true sense of social responsibility and develop in them the best qualities
of character. Delta Gamma was the first fraternity to establish an independent
philanthropic Foundation in Ohio in 1951. Delta Gamma was also the first
fraternity to establish lectureship speakers on campuses to promote
values and ethics.

Delta Gamma retains its title as a Fraternity rather than a Sorority. At the time of
the founding of most of the older women's fraternities, the Greek derivative phratres
of phratria, meaning tribes or groups of people with similar interests and backgrounds,
was the basis for the title, fraternity. Women's organizations were modeled in many ways
after the older men's groups, so the women simply used the title fraternity, too.

Expanding first to the North and then to the East,
Delta Gamma was part of the first intersorority conference meeting in
1891 and later one of the seven charter members of the National
Panhellenic Conference in 1901. What began as a club in the South
soon became an international fraternity in both scope and thinking as
Delta Gamma established itself not only in the United States, but also in Canada.

Today, there are over 80,000 members of Delta Gamma and over 100 chapters
across the United States and Canada. Delta Gamma's central office is located in
Columbus, Ohio.

Through the years, goals and achievements have grown as
Delta Gammas continue to live by the motto set forth
by the Founders, "do good".

Symbols:

The symbol of Delta Gamma is an anchor, the traditional
symbol of hope. The fraternity colors are bronze, pink and blue. The official badge, worn only by initiated members, is a golden anchor.
The badge is traditionally worn over the heart.
Our flower is the cream-colored Delta Gamma rose.
We were the first sorority to register our flower with the American
Rose Association as a registered breed.

The Delta Gamma mascot is the Hannah doll. Hannah is, indeed, the
ideal Delta Gamma. She is loyal and true, and engraved over her heart for
anyone to read is "I love you." However, she's more than that; our Hannah is
based on fun. Hannah's the girl at whom you can throw the punches, and she still
comes back smiling. She's the one you snuggle up to and tell all your secrets.
Hannah's devoted to her work, to her sisters, and to the anchor. She wears both the
Pi Alpha and the anchor pin. She is anybody willing to give of herself.
No other organization has a symbol like Hannah--a member that we can poke fun at,
have fun with, and just plain love. That's quite a lot for an old rag doll, but then, she is
quite a sister.

Delta Gamma Mission:

Delta Gamma offers to women of all ages a rich heritage based
on principals of personal integrity, personal responsibility and
intellectual honesty. Its primary purposeis to foster high ideals of
friendship, promote educational and cultural interests, create a true sense
of social responsibility, and develop the finest qualities of character.

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