| Alpha Phi was founded at Syracuse University by ten of the first nineteen women admitted to the newly-opened university. These ten women with "brave hearts were filled with a noble purpose and eyes that saw clearly into the future." These were the Original Ten, the Founders of Alpha Phi. Pursuing their studies in a thoroughly male-dominated environment, these women had a pressing need for friends who
could sympathize with each other's problems and support each others' aspirations.
On September 18, 1872, these ten women initiated themselves into Alpha Phi. |
