Kappa Kappa Gamma Facts

Statistics

  • Kappa has 131 collegiate chapters in the United States and Canada.
  • Kappa has over 330 active alumnae associations worldwide.
  • More than 200,000 Kappas have been initiated since 1870.

    Kappa Firsts

  • FIRST women's fraternity to publish a magazine, The Key, in 1882.

  • FIRST women's fraternity to use a Grand Council form of government, instead of a Grand Chapter form, 1881
  • FIRST fraternity to set up a career networking program, 1976
  • FIRST fraternity to extend invitations to attend a Panhellenic convention, 1891
  • FIRST woman's fraternity to establish a Central Office, 1922
  • FIRST woman's fraternity to establish a permanent Fraternity Headquarters, 1952 (located in Columbus, OH)
  • FIRST women's fraternity to incorporate a Heritage Museum, 1980

    Famous Kappas


    Ashley Judd


    Holly Payne


    Jane Pauley


    Jann Carl


    Donna DeVerona

    Ashley Judd - actress in movies such as "Kiss the Girls" and "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Kate Jackson - actress from the original "Charlie's Angels"

    Helen Wagner Willey - actress from "As the World Turns"; has played Nancy Hughs since 1956.

    Holly Payne - author of novel The Virgin's Knot; a member of the Zeta Omicron Chapter at University of Richmond

    Frances Sutton Schmitz - first woman architect registered in her state

    Susan Harrell Black - Florida's first woman federal judge

    Loretta McCarthy - VP of Industry, Marketing and Retail Development for the American Express card. Currently, VP Marketing and Operations for Oppenheimer Management Corp.

    Jane Pauley - host of "Dateline NBC," co-host of NBC's "Today," substitute news anchor of "NBC Nightly News"

    Ruth Leach Pollack - first woman vice president of IBM"

    Emma Fall Schofield - first woman judge in New England"

    Jann Carl - "Entertainment Tonight" news anchor

    Edith Clarke - first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree from MIT

    Patty Berg - champion golfer, U.S. Open winner in 1946

    Donna DeVarona - two-time gold medalist in Olympic swimming; first woman sportscaster in network television

    Doris Hart - won every major tennis tournament in the world, starting with Wimbledon in 1951


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