THE HISTORY OF ALPHA DELTA PI IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SISTERS OF THIS SORORITY. EACH FOUNDER HELPED TO MAKE THIS SORORITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
NOT PICTURED: ELIZABETH WILLIAMS MITCHELL, SOPHRONIA WOODRUFF DEWS, MARY EVANS GLASS, AND OCTAVIA ANDREW RUSH.
ALPHA DELTA PI WAS THE FIRST SECRET SOCIETY FOR WOMEN IN THE WORLD. ADPI WAS FOUNDED AT WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE ON MAY 15,1851.THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE SORORITY WAS CALLED "THE ADELPHEAN SOCIETY," "ADELPHEAN" MEANING SISTER.
THE NAME ADELPHEAN SOCIETY EVENTUALLY CHANGED TO ALPHA DELTA PHI AND THEN, IN 1913, TO ALPHA DELTA PI BECAUSE THE NAME WAS OFTEN CONFUSED FOR A MENS' FRATERNITY.
ALPHA DELTA PI WAS FOUNDED ON THE BASES OF CHRISTIAN WOMANHOOD. ALPHA DELTA PI CHOOSES WOMEN OF HIGH MORAL STANDING AND CHARACTER.