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Our Roots:
When Bettie Locke Hamilon wanted full membership in a male fraternity at Indiana Asbury (now Depauw) University, te men asked her to wear their badge as a mascot. She responded, "If you won't initiate me into your fraternity, I'll start my own." Thus, Kappa Alpha Theta--the first Greek-letter Fraternity known among women--was established on January 27, 1870 by Bettie Lock Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, and Hannah Fitch Shaw.
   
Theta is now an international organization with college and alumnae chapters throughout the United States and Canada with its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation supports the Fraternity's educational programs and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Theta's international philanthropy. The Foundation annually awards more than $300,000 in graduate and undergraduate scholarships to members.
The Beta Xi Chapter at the University of California, Los Angeles was founded in 1925.
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