The History
On January 4, 1852, Mary Ann DuPont (Lines), Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel) and Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding) founded an organization called the Philomathean Society at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia.

For the next two months were busy as the Founders were gathering additional members, creating a constitution, devising an initiation service and adopting a secret and an open motto. On March 4, 1852, the members announced their new society, the Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity. This day has become Phi Mu Founders' Day.

By the turn of the century, the Philomathean Society had developed a strong body of alumnae, a history rich in tradition and the confidence to expand into a national organization. On August 1, 1904, the members of the Philomathean Society were granted a charter by the State of Georgia to incorporate as a national organization with the exclusive use of the Greek letters and the right to establish additional chapters on other campuses.

Today Phi Mu has grown to encompass a diverse membership of more than 140,000 women nationwide. Its alumnae remain actively involved, many of whom maintain membership in alumnae chapters in cities across the country. The bond that our three founders created then still lives today in the heart of every Phi Mu.