Category Archives: Sigma Gamma Rho

Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry, Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022

Born in Miami, Florida, on August 27, 1923, Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was the daughter of one of the first Black doctors to practice in the city. Cherry enrolled at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) and graduated in 1946 … Continue reading

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Gertrude Burch Murchison on Sigma Gamma Rho, Sorority, Inc.’s Founders’ Day

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven young Black school teachers. Sigma Gamma Rho’s founders are Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Mary Lou Allison Little, Vivian White Marbury, Bessie M. Downey Martin, … Continue reading

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Lydia Eudora Ashburne, M.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

  The daughter of former slaves, Lydia Eudora Ashburne (Evans) was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1887. She was one of 12 children. Her father, she said in a 1977 Chicago Tribune interview, was “a big, strapping fellow who fought … Continue reading

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Alice Dunnigan on Sigma Gamma Rho’s Founders’ Day

Seven young African American women who were educators founded Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making the organization  a … Continue reading

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Lorraine A. Williams, Ph.D., Sigma Gamma Rho, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Lorraine Anderson Williams was born on August 6, 1923, in the District of Columbia. In 1940, at the age of 16, she graduated from Dunbar Senior High School, sixth in a class of 88. At Howard University she became a … Continue reading

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Maritza Correia McClendon, Sigma Gamma Rho, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

Maritza Correia McClendon became a member of Sigma Gamma Rho in 2013. As the first African-American woman to be a member of an Olympic swim team, she is an integral part of Sigma Gamma Rho’s Swim 1922 program, a partnership … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day Sigma Gamma Rho!

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven young brave African American women educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making the organization a national college … Continue reading

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Olympic Connections

Michael Phelps has made history Two women named Simone made their marks, and there was a meteor shower to boot. For the past two days, we’ve gone outside at 4 a.m. to see what we could see in the night sky. … Continue reading

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Happy 93rd Sigma Gamma Rho!

Today, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. celebrates the 93rd anniversary of its founding. The sorority was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven young women educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making … Continue reading

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Sigma Gamma Rho Founders’ Day and the Hattie McDaniel Cancer Awareness and Health Program

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven young women educators in Indianapolis, Indiana. On December 30, 1929, a charter was granted to the Alpha chapter at Butler University making the organization a national college sorority. It … Continue reading

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