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| History | In
September, 1872, twenty young women entered Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York, when the institution
first opened its doors to women. Pursuing their studies
in a thoroughly male-dominated environment, these women
had a pressing need for friends who could sympathize with
each other's problems and support each other's
aspirations. Among these earnest students in the entering month of August, 1872, were six freshmen, three sophomores, and a junior whose "brave hearts were filled with a noble purpose and whose eyes saw clearly into the future." These were the Founders of Alpha Phi. These were the Original Ten. The local sorority of Epsilon Gamma Rho recieved it's charter from Alpha Phi on February 1, 1958 becoming the Gamma Xi Chapter of Alpha Phi. |