Fast Facts

Founders

Lenora Ashmore Blackiston

Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick

Julia Gardner Tyler Wilson

Sara Turner White

Founded

October 23, 1897 at State Female Normal School (now Longwood University)

Farmville, Virginia

Membership

Nearly 200,000 throughout the world; 130 active collegiate chapters and 493 chartered alumnae associations nationwide

National Headquarters

3205 Players Lane, Memphis, Tennessee 38125

(901) 748-1897; (800) 536-1897

Symbols & Mascots

nautilus shell, dagger, teddy bear and katydid

Colors

olive green and pearl white

Jewels

diamond, emerald, pearl

Flowers

white rose

National Philanthropies

Girl Scouts of the USA

Prevent Child Abuse America

Children's Hospital, Richmond, Virginia

Orthopaedic Research Awards

Kappa Delta

Bowling Green State University

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