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About Gamma Phi Beta
History
Founders
Symbols
Historical Highlights
Did you Know?
History In a society where women were discouraged
from entering college due to their "insufficient brain power"
and "delicate health," four women from Syracuse University
came together to form a society they named Gamma Phi Beta.
Gamma Phi Beta from the past has given a heritage that makes a fuller life. Gamma Phi Beta in the present bids us strive for lasting values and ideals. Gamma Phi Beta in the days to come will prove that fundamentals can endure. Therefore we shall embody in our lives the truths that make for finer womanhood. Once more we pledge a Loyalty that means adherence to all true and noble things; A Learning that enriches all our days with magic gold that is forever ours; A Labor that each hour will glorify the simple, common task, the common cause; A Love that will be strong and great enough to encompass and to pity all the world. Our Founders Helen Mary Dodge was born September 26, 1850 in Verona, New York. She was a member of the second freshman class at Syracuse University, took the classical course and graduated in 1876. A talented musician and member of the Daughters of America Revolution and other organizations, Helen's chief interest was the mission work sponsored by her church. She married the Reverend J. V. Ferguson, who preceded her in death. Helen died October 21, 1937, leaving a substantial bequest to Syracuse University for scholarship for members of Gamma Phi Beta.
Eunice Adeline Curtis was born on December 22, 1854 in Moravia, New York. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1878 with a bachelor's degree in music. She married Frank Curtis and they had one son, Edward. Adeline was the soprano soloist at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Syracuse for 33 years. She died January 14, 1923. Mary Alice Bingham was born in Watertown, New York on August 30, 1856. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1878 with a degree in art. In 1883, she married M. E. Willoughby and Helen Ferguson were the only founders who were able to continue their close association after their college years, as both lived in Utica, New York. Mary died on January 14, 1916. Our Symbols
Historical Highlights
Did You Know? -The Term "Sorority"
was coined especially for the Gamma Phi Beta by Professor J.J. Brown
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Now 125 years
later we celebrate the vision and dedication of those women and all that
have come since then, who have built Gamma Phi Beta into one of the
largest and most well-respected sororities in the world.
Frances E. Haven was born in Ann Arbor,
Michigan on May 27, 1854, while her father was teaching at the
University of Michigan. When he became president of Northwestern
University, Frances entered with the first group of women students.
After he was named chancellor of Syracuse University, she transferred
there and graduated in 1877. Her diploma, signed by her father, is
displayed in the Gamma Phi Beta International Headquarters. Frances
married Charles M. Moss in 1878 and moved with him to the University of
Illinois where she was instrumental in establishing Omicron Chapter. She
died June 16, 1937.
