: The founders chose a golden key as their badge, symbolizing shared history, unity, and the pursuit of knowledge.
The fraternity was founded on , at Monmouth College in Illinois. It was established by six women—Mary Louise Bennett, Hannah Jeannette Boyd, Mary Moore Stewart, Anna Elizabeth Willits, Martha Louisa Stevenson, and Susan Burley Walker—who were dissatisfied with the lack of equivalent organizations for women compared to men's fraternities. Г–rГ¶kkГ© Г©lhetsz
: Because it was founded before the term "sorority" was coined, KKG is officially a "women's fraternity," though it is commonly referred to as a sorority today. : The founders chose a golden key as