CHI ETA PHI SORORITY

At a time when state and national nursing organizations offered limited, if any, opportunities for participation to African American nurses, nurse Aliene Carrington Ewell, RN and11 other founding members, established the Chi Eta Phi Sorority to provide an association for African American nurses to "To elevate the plane of nursing, and to increase interest in the nursing profession". Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated, is a national nursing sorority founded on October 16, 1932 at Freedman's Hospital on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. While established for African American female nurses, its current membership consists of over 8,000 professional nurses and nursing students of both genders reflecting many cultures and diverse ethnic backgrounds. There are over 100 chapters in 33 states, the District of Columbia, Liberia and the Virgin Islands. Membership is by invitation and is a high honor. Many members of Chi Eta Phi are also members of the ANA and their state..

Also known as: Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated

Primary location: Chesapeake United States