KΔ HISTORY

"A chilly rain splattered against the window panes of the little dormitory room on Professional Hall, the dormitory floor where most of the seniors lived. Saturday meant no classes, and the dreary weather that hung over Farmville was a perfect excuse for the four friends to tuck themselves away in that cozy spot and talk for hours... It was that afternoon that Kappa Delta was born - October 23, 1897 - at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia."

-Ordinary Miracles: 100 Years of Kappa Delta Sorority 

It was because of the beautiful friendship of Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Mary Summerville Sparks, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, and Sara Turner White that Kappa Delta began. Today, the ideals of friendship, fellowship and sisterly love have remained constant and strong for 100 years, just as our four founders envisioned it in the beginning.

In 1912, Kappa Delta Sorority was the only Sorority to become a member of the National Panhellenic Conference immediately upon petition. It was to be an entity that would grow beyond their own chapter at State Female Normal School. They ranged in age from 15 to 23, yet brought a singular sense of purpose to this particular endeavor. Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club -- a sorority! They never dreamed that it would grown into an organization of nearly 200,000 women, over 200 chartered chapters and nearly 500 chartered alumnae associations nationwide.

Asof January 2005, Kappa Delta has 206 chartered chapters. In addition, Kappa Delta has 487 chartered alumnae associations, the most of any NPC group.

Visit the Kappa Delta national website at www.kappadelta.org.