Our History

History, it has been said, is more than our link to the past, but is our bridge to the future.

Founded at Auburn: 1922 (Kappa Delta was the first Sorority at Auburn!)

Nationally Founded :
October 23, 1897, at State Female Normal School (now Longwood College), in Farmville, Virginia, by Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendricks,Sara Turner White, and Julia Tyler Wilson . Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club: a sorority! It was to be an entity that would grow beyond their chapter at State Female Normal School. They never dared dream that it would grow into an organization of approximately 172,000 women, nearly 190 chartered chapters and more than 465 chartered alumnae associations nationwide.

Membership:
Kappa Delta has over 172,000 women worldwide making up nearly190 chartered chapters and more than 465 chartered alumnae associations nationwide.

National Philanthropies:
Prevent Child Abuse America; Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Children's Hospital of Richmond, Virginia
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Research Awards Kappa Delta Symbols

The Kappa Delta Open Motto:
Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest.

Colors:  olive green and pearl white.

Jewels: diamond, emerald, pearl

Flower: white rose

Symbols and Mascots: teddy bear, nautilus shell, dagger, and katydid