There are a number of sororities that are in fact women's fraternities. These were founded before the term "sorority" was coined. Because of this historical reason some sororities are chartered as fraternities. For example, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega and Alpha Delta Chi are technically fraternities. The word "sorority" was specifically coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley in 1882 and has been used ever since.
UCD's Panhellenic 1 sororities are:
- Alpha Chi Omega
- alpha Kappa Delta Phi
- Alpha Phi
- Chi Omega
- Delta Delta Delta
- Delta Gamma
- Kappa Alpha Theta
- Kappa Kappa Gamma
- Pi Beta Phi
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi
UCD's non-Panhellenic sororities include:
- Alpha Delta Chi
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Alpha Zeta Tau co-ed Chi./Lat. Fraternity/Sorority
- Delta Sigma Theta
- Chi Delta Theta
- Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority National Multicultural sorority DXPMU
- Delta Omicron Chi
- Delta Phi Omega The South Asain Sorority
- Epsilon Alpha Sigma The first and only Arab Sorority in the nation
- Kappa Gamma Delta The Pre-Health Sorority
- Kappa Psi Epsilon Pilipino/Pilipino-American Interest Sorority Official Website: ΚΨΕ Gamma Chapter
- Lambda Omicron Xi
- Lambda Sigma Gamma The first and largest Multicultural sorority on the West Coast http://www.lambdasigmagamma.org
- Lambda Sigma Epsilon
- Lambda Theta Alpha
- Lambda Theta Nu
- Lambda Delta Lambda
- Omega Xi Phi
- Sigma Alpha The Agriculture sorority
- Sigma Alpha Zeta
- Sigma Gamma Rho
- Sigma Lambda Gamma
- Sigma Omicron Pi
- Sigma Pi Alpha
For more information you can go to http://greeklife.ucdavis.edu/
See also: Fraternities, Frat Row
Footnotes
1. National governing body of sororities
