KD FACTS
  • FOUNDED:
    October 23, 1897 at State Female Normal School (now Longwood College), in Farmville, Virginia.



  • BETA ZETA CHAPTER:
    Founded at the University of South Carolina on October 23, 1940.



  • NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS:
    3205 Players Lane; Memphis, TN 38125; (901) 748-1897; (800) 536-1897.



  • MEMBERSHIP:
    Over 168,000 women throughout the world.



  • FOUR FOUNDERS:
    Lenora Ashmore (Blackiston), Mary Sommerville Sparks (Hendrick), Sara Turner (White), and Julia Gardiner Tyler (Wilson).
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