Notable Sorority Women
More than 1.3 million women have joined Panhellenic sororities across North America since 1851! With so many members it's no surprise that there are some famous names among them.
Fashion, Art, & Cinema
Tori Burch
(Kappa Alpha Theta)
Fashion designer and founder of the Tory Burch Foundation
Kate Spade
(Kappa Kappa Gamma)
Fashion Designer
Betty White
(Alpha Gamma Delta)
Actress
Alicia Keys
(Alpha Kappa Alpha)
Singer and pianist
Carrie Underwood
(Sigma Sigma Sigma)
Singer/ songwriter
Aretha Franklin
(Delta Sigma Theta)
AKA the Queen of Soul
Vanessa Williams
Zeta Phi Beta
1984 Miss America, actress & singer
Literature, STEM & Business
Maya Angelou
(Alpha Kappa Alpha)
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom and 3 Grammys
Bonnie Dunbar
(Kappa Delta)
Astronaut with 5 NASA flight medals, member of the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame and has spent 1,208 hours in space
Whitney Wolfe Herd
(Kappa Kappa Gamma)
Founder and CEO of Bumble. The youngest woman to take a company public.
Harper Lee
(Chi Omega)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature
Condoleezza Rice
(Alpha Chi Omega)
66th United States Secretary of State and first woman to serve as National Security Advisor
Politics & Humanitarianism
Welthy Honsinger Fisher
(Pi Beta Phi)
Founded World Education and World Literacy Canada
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(Alpha Epsilon Phi)
Second female & first Jewish female Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history
Mary Dawson
(Alpha Omicron Pi)
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada
Carol Bellamy
(Delta Gamma)
Director of the Peace Corps, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and President and CEO of World Learning.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex
(Kappa Kappa Gamma)
The Duchess of Sussex is the patron of four charities: the National Theatre, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Mayhew, and Smart Works. She is also an accomplished actress.