Gamma Phi Beta’s primary objective is to promote the highest form of womanhood. Its creed is Love, Labor, Learning and Loyalty.
Gamma Phi Beta is an international sorority that was founded on November 11, 1874 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York by Helen M. Dodge, Frances E. Haven, E. Adeline Curtis, and Mary A. Bingham. Gamma Phi Beta’s national headquarters are located at Centennial, Colorado. Gamma Phi Beta currently has over 150,000 initiated members, 116 active collegiate chapters and 160 alumnae groups across the United States as well as Canada. Gamma Phi Beta was the first official “sorority” (as opposed to a female fraternity) in the country and is now one of the largest sororities.
Gamma Phi Beta is the first sorority to be established at University of Oregon in 1908.
The official symbol of Gamma Phi Beta is the crescent moon, the pink carnation is the official flower and the pearl is the sorority jewel. The Gamma Phi Beta badge was designed by Tiffany & Co.
For more information visit www.GammaPhiBeta.org
