Delta Gamma

Delta Gamma (ΔΓ) is one of the oldest and largest women's fraternities in the United States and Canada, with its Executive Offices based in Columbus, Ohio. Delta Gamma was founded in December 1873, in Oxford, Mississippi, at the Lewis School for Girls near the University of Mississippi. The group was founded by Mary Comfort Leonard, Eva Webb Dodd, and Anna Boyd Ellington. The badge of Delta Gamma is a golden anchor and may be worn only by initiat... More

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