How our story began

Honoring Our Past. Celebrating Our Future.

For more than a century, Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority, Inc. has brought women together through friendship, service, and a shared commitment to making a difference. Our story began on August 29, 1920, when 18 women gathered in Hartford City, Indiana, with an idea that was both simple and visionary: create a non-academic sorority where women could experience the friendship, fellowship, and shared accomplishments of traditional sorority life—with the opportunity to remain actively involved throughout their lives.

Our five Life Founders envisioned an organization where women could build lasting friendships, celebrate life's joys, support one another through its challenges, serve their communities, and work together to create positive change. Their vision became Sigma Phi Gamma, which was incorporated as a not-for-profit service organization in 1924.

More than 100 years later, that spirit continues. The world has changed greatly since those first 18 women gathered in 1920, and Sigma Phi Gamma has grown and changed with it. Yet the heart of their vision remains remarkably timeless:

Women supporting women.
Friendships that last.
Service that matters.
And generations working together to make a difference.