History
The Philomathean Society, a literary society, was founded in January 1852 at Wesleyan College by Mary Ann Dupont (Lines), Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel), and Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding). Wesleyan was the first institute to grant bachelor's degrees to women and is known as the birthplace of the collegiate sorority. However, some sororities predate the term "sorority" (coined by Gamma Phi Beta) and are known as "fraternities for women". The Philomathean Society joined the National Panhellenic Conference in 1904, taking on the Greek letters "Phi Mu". Alpha Delta Theta, a small national sorority founded at Transylvania University merged with Phi Mu in 1939.
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