About Us
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922, on the campus of Butler University, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators.
Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little
Dorothy Hanley Whiteside
Vivian Irene White Marbury
Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson
Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford
Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin
Cubena McClure
The group became incorporated as a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to the Alpha Chapter at Butler University. Since its inception, the dynamic women of Sigma Gamma Rho have built and sustained a well-known and well-respected reputation for leading positive change to help uplift the community through sisterhood, scholarship, and service.


The Gamma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was chartered on the campus of A&T College in March of 1951. For almost 75 years the women of the Gamma Chapter have served the Greensboro community. Exhibiting poise, empathy, and strength the Glamorous Gamma Chapter remains the Golden Standard on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.
