Alpha Omicron Pi sorority founded (1897)

Alpha Omicron Pi, an international women's fraternity or collegiate sorority, was founded on January 2, 1897, at Barnard College in New York City. The organization was established on principles of character, dignity, scholarship, and college loyalty. Within one week of founding, the four founders used their initiation ritual for the first time to initiate Anne Richardson Hall. Barnard, a women's college affiliated with Columbia University, provides the institutional context for the founding. The four founders named in the legacy row could not be verified against supplied passages and are omitted.

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Background. Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college in New York City, affiliated with Columbia University. It was founded in 1889 in response to Columbia's refusal to admit women. The college's first classes at its new campus were held in 1897, the same year in which Alpha Omicron Pi was founded at Barnard.

Founding Principles. Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on the ideas or principles of character, dignity, scholarship, and college loyalty. These values guided the organization's early development. The sorority is recognized as an international women's fraternity or collegiate sorority, maintaining these core ideals throughout its history.

Early Activity. Within one week of its founding, the four founders used their initiation ritual for the first time to initiate Anne Richardson Hall. Barnard College is home to the Alpha chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi, which was founded at Barnard in 1897, though as of 2010 Barnard does not fully recognize the National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Columbia.

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