National History:
Tri Sigma sorority was
founded on April 20, 1898 at Farmville Female College, (presently Longwood
College). The founding sisters were:
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Isabella Merrick
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Martha Trent Featherston
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Lelia A. Scott
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Sallie J. Michie
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Louise M. Davis
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Elizabeth Watkins
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Margaret Lee Batten
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Lucy Wright
We call them the
Great 8! These women were the beginning of what is now a sisterhood of
50,000 women nationwide. Tri Sigma's National Headquarters is located
in Woodstock, Virginia. It is named the Mabel Lee Walton House, after
our third national president.
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