[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 13, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRATULATING ALPHA DELTA PI SISTERS

  (Ms. Foxx of North Carolina was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of a milestone for 
women: to congratulate my Alpha Delta Pi sisters on the occasion of the 
175th anniversary of the founding of our sisterhood.
  Established as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851, at Wesleyan 
Female College in Macon, Georgia, Alpha Delta Pi is the oldest secret 
society for college women, founded at the first college chartered to 
grant degrees to women.
  The sorority encourages its members to ``Be the First'' and counts 
among its members the first female attorney to practice law in 
Missouri, the first woman to pass the Georgia bar, the first female 
president pro tempore in any State's senate, the first woman to lead 
the Marine Corps band, the first woman elected to executive office in 
Colorado, the first female inspector general for the 82nd Airborne 
Division, the first woman to join the United States Navy Blue Angels, 
the first female Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, and countless other 
firsts in the fields of medicine, education, science and technology, 
athletics, business, journalism, and the arts.
  Founder Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald encouraged sisters to ``never 
forget the unselfish devotion to service that our motto expresses.''
  For more than 45 years, the sorority has partnered with Ronald 
McDonald House. Chapters, alumnae associations, and individuals support 
their local Ronald McDonald House chapters through fundraising and 
volunteering, and collectively, Alpha Delta Pi has contributed more 
than $25 million and countless hours to the organization.
  Alpha Delta Pi recognizes that not all women participate in 
sororities as collegians. Therefore, the sorority encourages the 
proactive recruitment of alumnae initiates who exemplify the high 
ideals upon which the sisterhood is based.
  It was a great honor for me to be invited to be an alumnae initiate 
of Alpha Delta Pi 5 years ago and to count these trailblazing women 
among my sisters.

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