Kappa Kappa Gamma: History
Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded on October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Six young women were indeed pioneers when they dared to march into the most public part of the campus, its chapel, wearing golen keys in their hair. The College Courier reported on the event saying that the six were "on a voyage of discovery." This historic event is remembered every year on FOunder's Day. It is a time for Kappa members of all generations to come together in sisterhood and friendship.
Ashley Judd - Actress (Double Jeopardy and Kiss the Girls)
Kate Jackson - Actress (Charlie's Angels)
Sophia Bush - Actress (One Tree Hill)
Nancy O'Dell - News Correspondant (Acess Hollywood)
Jo Ann Worley - Acress (Laughing In)
Jane Pauley - Host (Dateline NBC, Today, NBC Nightly News)
Jann Carl - News Anchor (Entertainment Tonight)
Jo Ann Pflug - Actress (M.A.S.H.)
Molly Stanton - Actress (Twins, Passions)
Kate Spade - Designer of handbags, luggage, wallets, shoes, and glasses
Laurie Hickson-Smith - Interior Designer (TLC's Trading Spaces)
Jean Bartel - Former Miss America 1943
Jane Swift - Youngest governor in 2001 (Massachusetts)
Lou Henry Hoover - Wife of president Hoover
Lucy Webb Hayes - Wife of president Rutherford B. Hayes (her key is in the American History Museum in Washington D.C.)
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Mission Statement
Kappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women, which seeks for every member throughout her life bonds of friendship, mutual support, opportunities for self-growth, respect for intellectual development, and an understanding of and an allegiance to positive ethical principles.
Facts
Badge
Famous Kappas
Kate Jackson - Actress (Charlie's Angels)
Sophia Bush - Actress (One Tree Hill)
Nancy O'Dell - News Correspondant (Acess Hollywood)
Jo Ann Worley - Acress (Laughing In)
Jane Pauley - Host (Dateline NBC, Today, NBC Nightly News)
Jann Carl - News Anchor (Entertainment Tonight)
Jo Ann Pflug - Actress (M.A.S.H.)
Molly Stanton - Actress (Twins, Passions)
Kate Spade - Designer of handbags, luggage, wallets, shoes, and glasses
Laurie Hickson-Smith - Interior Designer (TLC's Trading Spaces)
Jean Bartel - Former Miss America 1943
Jane Swift - Youngest governor in 2001 (Massachusetts)
Lou Henry Hoover - Wife of president Hoover
Lucy Webb Hayes - Wife of president Rutherford B. Hayes (her key is in the American History Museum in Washington D.C.)
For more notable Kappas click here!
Mission Statement
Kappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women, which seeks for every member throughout her life bonds of friendship, mutual support, opportunities for self-growth, respect for intellectual development, and an understanding of and an allegiance to positive ethical principles.
Facts
- Kappa has 131 collegiate chapters
- More than 200,000 Kappas have been initiated since our founding at Monmouth College
- Kappa is a women’s fraternity—the word sorority was not coined until after our founding.
Badge
The badge, a golden key, is one inch in length with the letters KKG on the stem and Alpha Omega Omicron on the ward. The badge may be either plain gold or jeweled. The Badge is to be worn strictly as an emblem of membership and only by initiated members.
Flower
The fleur-de-lis was chosen as the Fraternity flower because of its general dignity, stateliness and grace, and because it combines the two blues of the Fraternity in one flower.
Bird
The owl is the bird of wisdom as well as the bird of Minervaa, the Goddess of Wisdom.
Coat-of-Arms
The Fraternity Coat-of-Arms combines the well-known symbols of Kappa Kappa Gamma: the key, the Greek letters, the new-member pin, the fleur-de-lis, the owl, and the two blues.