Sigma Kappa was founded on November 9, 1874, by five young women, the only females enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. They received a letter from the faculty approving the organization’s petition, which included a constitution and bylaws. The five founders of Sigma Kappa are Mary Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller Pierce, Louise Helen Coburn and Frances Mann Hall.
The Founders of Sigma Kappa
Florence Carll Jones compiled a Sigma Kappa calendar which appeared in a 1922 Triangle of Sigma Kappa. She, along with Frances Lyons McKirdy, who created an Index, were thanked. Their work was called labors of love for these kinds of documents were not easy to compile when quickly edited spreadsheets were the things of dreams. “The work of these two busy Sigmas is another example of the busiest sisters always finding time to do the extra tasks, that others, with fewer responsibilities, are ‘too busy’ to do.”
I’ve included the December calendar, too, because it will be here before we know it and I love the thought of giving a lovely thought. Happy Founders’ Day, Sigma Kappa!
