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History The Tri Sigma national sorority was
founded in 1898 at by eight young women who had forged a close
friendship while attending Normal School in Farmville, Virginia.
Margaret Batten, Louise Davis, Martha Fetherson, Isabella Merrick,
Sallie Michie, Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins, and Lucy Write began
meeting and organizing in 1897 and announced their new sorority Sigma
Sigma Sigma the following year on April 20th.
 Early members of Tri Sigma The sorority was incorporated and
the Alpha chapter adopted the first constitution in 1903. The
Alpha chapter remains active today at Longwood University in
Virginia. From this humble beginning, the national sorority now
has more than 80,000 members.
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