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Phi Mu

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Phi Mu Sorority ΦΜ
Open Motto: Les Soeurs Fideles The Faithful Sisters
Image:Phimucrest.jpg The Coat of Arms
Founded:	January 4, 1852 at Wesleyan Female College, (Macon, Georgia)
Founders:	Mary Ann DuPont (Lines) Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel) Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding)
Members:	140,000 members,
Official Colors:	Rose and White
Official Flower:	The Rose Color Carnation
Official Symbol:
Official Mascot:	The Lion "Sir Fidel"
Phi Mu Website

Phi Mu (ΦΜ) is the second oldest secret organization for women in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia on January 4, 1852 and was announced publicly on the fourth of March of the same year. The original name for this group was the Philomathean Society (not associated with the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania). Phi Mu's three founders were Mary Myrick Daniel, Mary Dupont Lines, and Martha Hardaway Redding.In 1904, the Philomathean Society became the Greek letter organization Phi Mu. The term "sorority" had not yet been coined, and the organization is called a "fraternity for women."

Today, Phi Mu is a strong Greek organization, with over 150 collegiate chapters across the United States and over 150,000 initiated sisters.Phi Mu has 175 alumnae chapters across the nation. Phi Mu's national headquarter is in Peachtree City, Georgia. Phi Mu's national philanthropy is Children's Miracle Network, which raises money to support children's hospitals across the country. Phi Mu's all across the nation share the ideals and bond of their creed: Love, Honor, and Truth.

In 1904, Phi Mu became a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and added additional chapters.

1 The Creed of Phi Mu
2 Notable alumnae
3 Phi Mu chapter websites
4 External link

To lend to those less fortunate a helping hand.
To think of God as a protector and guide of us all.
To keep forever sacred the memory of those we have loved and lost.
To be to others what we would they would be to us.
To keep our lives gentle, merciful and just, Thus being true to the womanhood of love.

To walk in the way of honor, guarding the purity of our thoughts and deeds.
Being steadfast in every duty small or large.
Believing that our given word is binding.
Striving to esteem the inner man above culture, wealth or pedigree.
Being honorable, courteous, tender, Thus being true to the womanhood of honor.

To serve in the light of truth avoiding egotism, narrowness, and scorn.
To give freely of our sympathies.
To reverence God as our Maker, striving to serve Him in all things.
To minister to the needy and unfortunate.
To practice day by day love, honor, truth. Thus keeping true to the meaning, spirit and reality

of Phi Mu.

For a full list of notable Phi Mu alumnae please visit here. [1]

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Pamela Long Hammer, ΘA, head writer for CBS' Guiding Light
Joyce Carol Oates, BZ, author of Blonde: A Novel, We Were the Mulvaneys, and many other renowned novels
Mary Wickes, ZE, actress, Aunt March in Little Women and Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act
Dana Ivey, renowned actress of screen and stage, most recently in "Legally Blonde 2"

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