| Sigma Gamma Rho | |
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| ΣΓΡ | |
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| Founded | November 12, 1922 Butler University |
| Type | Social |
| Affiliation | NPHC |
| Status | Active |
| Emphasis | African Americans |
| Scope | International |
| Motto | Greater Service, Greater Progress |
| Colors | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Flower | Yellow Tea Rose |
| Mascot | Poodle |
| Publication | The Aurora |
| Chapters | 500+ |
| Nicknames | SGRhos, Lady Sigmas, Sigma Women, Sigmas, Pretty Poodles |
| Headquarters | 1000 Southhill Drive, Suite 200 Cary, North Carolina 27513 United States |
| Website | www |
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (ΣΓΡ) is a historically African American sorority, international collegiate, and non-profit community service organization that was founded on November 12, 1922. The organization was formed as a club in 1920, by seven African American women in Indianapolis, Indiana. At its inception, the sorority was created to support Black women pursuing degrees in education.[2][3] It was incorporated within Indiana in November 1922 as a sorority for school teachers and held their first national conference in 1925.[3] The sorority became a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter then established at Butler University that year.[3] The sorority was incorporated as a national collegiate sorority in 1930.[4] Sigma Gamma Rho is the only sorority of the four historically African American National Pan-Hellenic Council sororities founded at a predominantly White institution instead of at Howard University. The sorority's slogan is "Greater Service, Greater Progress".[5][6]
Sigma Gamma Rho has over 100,000 members with more than 500 undergraduate and alumnae chapters in the United States, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Canada, Germany, South Korea, U.S. Virgin Islands, Tokyo and the United Arab Emirates.[5][6]
Sigma Gamma Rho has affiliate groups for women at different stages in life: Rhosebuds (elementary-age girls), the Rhoer Club Affiliates (teenage girls), and the Philos Affiliates (friends of the sorority). It has launched programs such as Sigma Teen Towns in the 1940s and formed partnerships with the March of Dimes, USA Swimming and others.[5]
- ^ "About". sgrho1922.org.
- ^ Members, certificate of incorporation, by-laws. Indianapolis, IN: State of Indiana. 1922. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50483.
- ^ a b c Indiana Historical Bureau (September 1, 2022). "Sigma Gamma Rho". Indiana Historical Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. IV-81–85. ISBN 978-0963715906.
- ^ a b William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved November 12, 2022. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.