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Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta(KAΘ), more commonly reffered to as Theta, is an international sorority among women. Kappa Alpha Theta was the first Greek-letter fraternity established among women. The fraternity currently has over 130 collegiate chapters across the United States and Canada with over 250,000 initiated members, and more than 200 alumae groups and chapters worldwide. Kappa Alpha Theta is apart of the National Panhellenic Conference(NPC).

Founders
Kappa Alpha Theta was founded in 1870 at Indiana Asbury, now DePauw University, in Greencastle, Indiana. Indiana Asbury was an all male college until 1867 when they offically opened their doors to women. The merger was not taken well by the students. The students feared that the arrival of women would dimnish the reputation of the college and many women were taunted and ridiculed by the male students and townspeople. Four women, Bette Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, and Hannah Fitch Shaw created Kappa Alpha Theta as an organization to help support women in their efforts to pursue a coeducational college.

History
Bettie Locke was one of the first women to enroll in Indiana Asbury in 1867. Bettie Locke had close relations with her brothers fraternity Phi Gamma Delta(FIJI) and her fathers fraternity Beta Theta Pi( Beta). During her sophmore year Bettie was asked to wear one of the members of Phi Gamma Delta's badges, but once she found out that she could not join the fraternity only be a supporter of it, she declined the offer to wear the badge. Bettie wanted to create an organization that offered friendship and support to the female students across campus so she decided that she wanted to help create an all womens fraternity on Ashbury's campus. Bettie recruited the help of Alice Allen Brant to help her put her dream into action. They created a badge, a constituiton and bylaws, and identified women that would make outstanding potential new members. The following fall, Hannah Fitch Shaw and Bettie Tipton Lindsey joined them and on January 27, 1870 the first offical Kappa Alpha Theta meeting was held. The fraternity grew expontentially and became the first fraternity for women to establish a chapter in Canada.

Symbols
The Kappa Alpha Theta color's are black and gold. Kappa Alpha Theta has two symbols which are the kite and twin stars, and the offical flower is the black and gold pansy. Kappa Alpha Theta's motto is women leading women.

Philanthropy
The Kappa Alpha Theta organization is involved in three philanthropies. The fraternity's offical philantrophy is Court Appointed Special Advocates(CASA), is an organization that impacts the lives of children in foster care. For the past 25 years, Kappa Alpha Theta has raised over a million dollars for both local and national CASA programs. Kappa Alpha Theta is also involved in the Kappa Alpha Theta foundation. The Kappa Alpha Theta foundation was founded in 1960 as a way to put the Fraternity ideals into action. The Kappa Alpha Theta foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable and educational tax-exempt organization, independent from the Fraternity, whose mission is to secure and manage resources for the educational, leadership, and philanthropic programs of the Fraternity and for the scholastic, professional, and service pursuits of its members to help them reach their fullest potential and make a difference in the world. This foundation was created by Thetas for Thetas and is dedicated to raising money for scholarships, educational and leadersip grants, and financial hardship grants for Kappa Alpha Theta members. Kappa Alpha Theta has also founded the Friendship Fund. The Friendship Fund was established in 1926 as a way to help Kappa Alpha Theta sisters in their time of need. The Friendship Fund provides gifts to Thetas experiencing extreme financial hardship due to serious or terminal illness, job loss, natural disaster, and other devastating occurrences.

Notable Alumnae
https://heritage.kappaalphatheta.org/page/notablethetas