Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ) occurs as college sorority, founded on October 13, 1870 at Monmouth College, Illinois. A fraternity badge, worn simply by initiated members, is represented per Golden Key.

A key wwhen adopted as a sorority's symbol whenever the hexad founders marched into a chapel at Monmouth wearing gold keys in their hair. A todays badge is an 1-inch gold key, every now and again bespangled. On a front of the key come the greek letters KKG (on the stem) & Alpha Omega Omicron (on the ward). A badge is worn strictly as an emblem of membership & simply by initiated members.

Up to date Members of Kappthe Kappthe Gammthe get into a different badge, a Sigma inside a Delta enameled in silver in the deuce colors of the Fraternity, dark blue & lightly blue. A recently member pin is sole worn in a time period of the fresh member period, at which point these are returned to the chapter.

A bird of minerva is a official mascot of Kappa Kappa Gamma because it is wisdom & the Greek goddess Minerva, who likewise is wisdom. When a official flower, a fleur-de-lis combines the fraternity's colors of dark blue & lightly blue. A fraternity jewel is the sapphire, representing truth, sincerity, and constancy. A fraternity crest combines all the elements of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Presently, there are chapters around each a United States and Canada. A virtually all recent chapter brought a aggregate total of Kappa Kappa Gamma chapters at higher learning institutions to 131. There are as well 300 alumnae associations in the area of the world. Since its origination around 1870, there have been to a higher degree 200,000 members.

Kappa Kappa Gamma occurs as women's fraternity, because it was founded prior to a term 'sorority' inherit utilize. Still, because it admits sole women, these are typically known as the sorority. Kappa Kappa Gamma is too known as "KKG" & "Kappa."

Mission Statement
Kappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women which tries for each member throughout her life bonds of friendly relationship, reciprocal trend lines, chance for self incubation, respect for noetic development, & an understanding of & allegiance to caring moral princples. (A mission statement was drafted & adopted per 1984-1986 Fraternity Council.)

Preamble
I, believing the nigher union within the bonds of friendly relationship to exist as for my reciprocal profit, appreciating the benefits to exist as from either a secret fraternity, & feeling that in union there exists nature & severity, herewith form ourselves into an association for the development of nobler qualities of the mind & ticket fellings of the heart, & for reciprocal helpfulness in the attainment of indivdual and social exellence. (A Preamble remains very much like it was written inside 1892.)

Notable Kappas
Lucy Webb Hayes (former 1st Lady) Julia Ward Howe (author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.) Kate Jackson (actress) Ashley Judd (actress) Nancy O'Dell (television host and journalist) Jane Pauley (television host & journalist) Gena Rowlands (actress) Kate Spade (fashion designer) Jane Swift (first female governor of Massachusetts) Sophia Bush (actress)