Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized on November 12, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven young educators: Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford, Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin and Cubena McClure. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University.

As the first sorority organized on a predominately white college campus by and for African American women, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., is a leading national service organization comprised of diverse ethnicities, career fields and backgrounds. Sigma Gamma Rho has a proud legacy of providing positive and proactive community leadership and support when and wherever needed as indicated by the sorority's international slogan, "Greater Service, Greater Progress." You can learn more about our beloved sorority at sgrho1922.org.

The Mighty Western Region was established in December 1952 at the Boule in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to this, the Western Region was part of the Southwest Region. From 1952 – 1961, the Western Region was called the Far West Region. It wasn’t until the 27th Boule in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that the name was changed to what it is today.

Soror Leslie B. Crossland, the founding pioneer behind the Western Region, served as the first Western Region Syntaktes from 1952-1959. In July 1953, the first Western Region Conference was held in Phoenix, Arizona. Beta Mu Sigma was the host chapter.

The Western Region is currently comprised of the following areas: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, United Arab Emirates, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. You can learn more about our Mighty Western Region at www.westernsgrho.org.