Alpha Delta Pi Organized May 15, 1851 Eta Chapter March 21, 1907

Title: Alpha Delta Pi
Organized May 15, 1851
Eta Chapter March 21, 1907
Transcription: Alpha Delta Pi, the first college secret sisterhood, was organized at Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Georgia, the first women's college to grant academic degrees. Originally identified as Adelpheans, the group had three thousand alumnae and sixty active members in 1905 when it changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi (Pi in 1913) and began to expand nationally. Eta Chapter at the University of Alabama was the first chapter established in the state. Pi Kappa Kappa, the first local sorority at the University, had organized February 6, 1904 and became affiliated with Alpha Delta Phi (Pi) as the Eta Chapter on March 21,1907. Installation ceremonies were held in the rooms of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Eta Chapter went into inactive status in 1909-10 because of the scarcity of eligible women students. Reactivation followed on February 14, 1931.
Sponsors: Placed by the Alabama Historical Association
Date Placed: 1996
Specific placement information: At Alpha Delta Pi house (727 Magnolia Drive), front lawn
Coordinates: 33.206617, -87.548217
Category: Fraternity and Sorority Markers