2023 Founder’s Day Celebration

The Sorority was founded by Seven African American Women Educators in 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis. Despite the tumultuous presence of the Ku Klux Klan, the Founders persevered to fight racial injustice. The 7 educators were 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, and Cubena McClure.

On November 12, 2023 the members of Eta Alpha Sigma celebrated this legacy and were joined by original Charter Members of the Chapter. Eta Alpha Sigma Alumnae Chapter also celebrated 30 years as a chapter.