The Eta Omicron Sigma Alumnae Chapter was organized on February 20, 1993, by Northeastern Region Syntaktes Paulette Davis, with assistance by Northeastern Region Undergraduate Coordinator Inez Vanable. Sorors Denise Agnew, Luvenia George, Dorothy Hoover, Mary A. Johnson, Delois Jones, Zenobia Justice (Omega Rho), Helen Skelton, Jennie Walburg (Omega Rho), Anita Wall, and Zelma Wesley (Omega Rho) originally chartered the Eta Omicron Sigma Chapter in Washington, DC.
Later in 2005, five Sigma women worked together to bring the Sigma Torch to Southern Maryland. Under the auspices of Northeastern Region Syntaktes Felicia, D. Blakeney, the chapter was relocated to Waldorf, Maryland, on December 22, 2005. The five reactivating sorors were: Rebecca Hatcher, Lisa Savage, Allison Fisher, Sharon Carlton, and Tamanu Wannamaker.
The Notable Northeastern Region of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on Friday, December 29, 1939 during the 14th Boule, which took place in New York City and was hosted by the Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter. More than 100 delegates and visitors across 13 states and the District of Columbia were in attendance at this meeting where the decision was made to redistrict the two-region sorority into four regions.
Today, the Northeastern Region is comprised of the following areas: Bermuda, Canada (Eastern), Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), Haiti, Korea, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin and Cubena McClure. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University.
From seven young educators, Sigma Gamma Rho has become an international service organization comprised of women from every profession. Sigma Gamma Rho offers its members opportunities to develop their unique talents through leadership training and involvement in sorority activities. Sorority activities provide an atmosphere where friendships and professional contacts are developed which often lead to bonds that last a lifetime.
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