Chapter History

You have to know where you’ve been to know where you are going. Kappa holds a special place in its heart for Fraternity history, but every chapter of our organization has unique beginnings of its own. Each plays a part in shaping us today. Read more about our chapters’ histories in Kappa's digital archives.

Just four years after Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded, Juliet Brown received a letter from a Kappa Kappa Gamma member at Indiana University inviting her to form a chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

1874 was the first year that women were integrated into the University of Wisconsin, and in 1875, Kappa Kappa Gamma Eta Chapter was the first women's fraternity on UW's campus. 

The beginning of Eta's history was not without struggle- in 1877, their membership was down to four- Eta continued to persevere and is now one of the oldest existing Kappa chapters with more than 3,304 girls initiated.