In the fall of 1901, five women rushed the Longwood University (Farmville,

Virginia) sorority scene. Throughout the process, they became extremely

close and formed a strong friendship. All five ladies were extended bids

from separate sororities, only to turn them down. Virginia Boyd (Noell),

Juliette Hundley (Gilliam), Calva Watson (Wootton), Louise Cox (Carper),

and Mary Hundley came together to found Alpha Sigma Alpha on

November 15, 1901. The goal of this new sorority, as stated by the charter,

was "to cultivate friendship among its members, and in very way to create

pure and elevating sentiments, to perform such deeds and to mold such

opinions as will tend to elevate and ennoble womanhood in the world."