Kappa Kappa Gamma, Epsilon Chapter, 1886, 1888, 1897, 1943, 1975, 2013

"Epsilon Chapter, the oldest but one of the active chapters, was established at the Illinois Wesleyan University, November 25, 1873, with three charter members.

Kappa's six Founders (Mary Moore Stewart, Anna Elizabeth Willits, Susan Burley Walker, Hanna Jeanette Boyd, Mary Louise Bennett, & Martha Louisa Stevenson) were exceptional young women who believed they could take on the world and create something totally new. Taught to love learning and literature, these educated ladies not only originated the idea of Kappa Kappa Gamma but wrote its constitution, planned its motto and chose its badge and name. Today, Kappa has 140 collegiate chapters and 307 active alumnae associations. More than 260,000 Kappas have been initiated since our founding at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, on October 13, 1870, by these six pioneering women.

The fraternity publishes quarterly The Key, a fraternal magazine which ranks high among college publications. It was the first journal published by a woman's fraternity. Other publications are the song books, bound in light blue and white, with dark blue lettering, of which a new edition is now in press; the Kappa Kappa Gamma Calender, which is in chart form, containing appropriate daily quotations; and a Kappa catalogue." - Wesleyana 1895

Mission Statement: Kappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women, which seeks for every member throughout her life bonds of friendship, mutual support, opportunities for self-growth, respect for intellectual development, and an understanding of and an allegiance to positive ethical principles. Kappa Kappa Gamma at its core is friendship, leadership and scholarship...an opportunity and experience for a lifetime.