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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana on the campus of Butler University. The Founders, Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian Irene White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhodes Martin and Cubena McClure, seven school teachers, had a common goal: enhancing the quality of black life in America through education.
Sigma's Founding Sorors	Mary Lou Little served as the Grand Basileus (President) at the first national boule (convention), in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 27- 29, 1925. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority was incorporated as a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha Chapter at Butler University.
The second boule was held in Louisville, Kentucky at which time Fannie O'Bannon became the grand basileus. The first grand basileus, Mary Lou Little, wrote the sorority pledge. The pin was designed by Cubena McClure. Members of the Delta chapter in Louisville, Kentucky wrote the words of the sorority hymn which has been set to music by Zenobia Laws Bailey of Chicago. Fannie O'Bannon, the second grand basileus designed the sorority coat of arms.	Alpha Chapter 1924
Founding Sorors Redford and Little	In keeping with the ideals of Sigma Gamma Rho, the sorority has supported the following organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council of Negro Women, National Pan Hellenic Council, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, National Urban League, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, National Mental Health Association, United Negro College Fund, Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Black Women's Agenda and American Association of University Women. Today, we have grown to over 85,000 members with over 400 chapters in the United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. is built on high principles, good moral judgement, high scholastic achievement, and community service. Our strong belief in service to the community is expressed by the Sorority's slogan:  "Greater Service, Greater Progress"  (written by Bertha Black Rhoda, Past Grand Basileus)	Founding Soror Vivian Marbury

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