In 1874 at Syracuse University, students and friends Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis and Mary A. Bingham decided it was high-time to break gender alienation on their campus. In effort to create a welcoming and supportive environment for collegiate women, they founded Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Fast-forward to today, more than 145 years later, and the Sorority, which was the first female organization to be coined with that name, continues to be a safe haven for all 224,000 (and counting) of its members.
The Delta Phi Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta was installed on April 23rd, 1983 at California State University, Bakersfield and was the first Sorority to be installed on campus. Since the installation of Delta Phi, this sorority has served as a place where women of all backgrounds can come and enjoy the joys of sisterhood that we share through Gamma Phi Beta.
Here at Gamma Phi Beta, our sisters are dedicated to inspiring the highest type of womanhood.