In the year of 1922, seven vivacious educators came together on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana and organized Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. These ladies had a mutual desire of fulfilling certain needs living by ethical standards and rendering unselfish service to make a better society. They sought unity among college educated black women, on a predominantly white campus, to uphold the standards of scholarship, personality, character, purpose, self-respect, moral responsibility and rendering unselfish service to make a better society. Despite direct racialized opposition, our seven founders persevered, against all odds. It was the goal of these seven visionaries to create an organization which would both embrace and imbue high standards of scholarship. 
 

The Alpha Beta Sigma Portsmouth Alumnae Chapter was chartered on May 4, 1940, and was reactivated on October 20, 2014. We continue to be dedicated to continuing in the footsteps of our founders to promote high scholastic attainment and improvement of the quality of lives in the society in which we live. Our Alpha Beta Sigma Chapter Rhomania Scholarship Program is a tangible way that we assist children in reaching their scholastic goals. 
 

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is a predominantly Black, nonprofit, collegiate organization with its focus on scholarship and community service for over 100 years. Every member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. continues to commemorate that purpose as expressed by our slogan, “Greater Service, Greater Progress.”