Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded October 13th, 1870, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois by six exceptional young women who believed they could take on the world and create something totally new. Currently Kappa has a membership of 220,000 with 134 collegiate chapters across the United States and Canada, and nearly 300 alumnae associations worldwide. Our chapter here at the University of Tennessee is the Epsilon Lambda Chapter established on February 25th, 1967, and it is located in the Nu-East province. Kappa is a women’s fraternity because the word sorority was not coined until after our founding. First of women’s fraternities to turn from Grand Chapter form of organization to Grand Council organization (1881) First women’s fraternity to publish a magazine (1882) First to extend invitations to a Panhellenic Convention (1891) First women’s fraternity to establish a Central Office (1922) First to adopt the Graduate Counselor system established as Co-Organizer Program (1928) First women’s fraternity to set up a Service Women’s Centers (1942) First women’s fraternity to establish a permanent Fraternity Headquarters (1952) First women’s fraternity to set up a career networking program (1976) First to incorporate a heritage museum (1980)