Bibb county, GA Early Schools

WESLEYAN COLLEGE in Macon opened its doors in January 1839 as "GEORGIA FEMALE COLLEGE" and became the first university in the world to grant degrees to women. Catherine Elizabeth Brewer was the first student to receive her diploma by virtue of the diplomas being handed out alphabetically.
Wesleyan also was the birthplace for the first Greek Societies for Women, the Adelphean Society (Alpha Delta Pi) in 1851 and the Philomathean Society (Phi Mu) a year later Among the college's most famous students have been SOONG MAY-LING (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek) & Neva Langley Fickling, who became Miss American in 1953.
Source: "The First Hundred Years of Macon"
As Told By Columnist Ed Grisamore in "The Telegraph"
Transcribed and Submitted by Ernest Cooling

Further Information:
Alpha Delta Pi, nicknamed ADPi, was founded as the Adelphean Society on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi was founded on the principles of scholarship, leadership, service to others and sisterhood. These principles still guide the policies and programs of the sorority today.

Alpha Delta Pi was founded by six women,Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Williams Mitchell, Sophronia Woodruff Dews, Octavia Andrew Rush, Mary Evans Glass, and Ella Pierce Turner.

Wesleyan College, the first college for women in the world, was chartered to grant degrees to women. Young women fortunate enough to receive a college education were from progressive and educated families. A typical day for a Wesleyan student was highly regulated. There was a precise schedule for waking, eating, attending classes, taking fresh air and exercising, studying, attending chapel and sleeping. They had few personal liberties and little time for free thinking and socializing.

In 1905 the Adelphean Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi, but was later changed because a men's fraternity by the same name was already well established at many universities where ADPi wanted to start chapters.

The open motto of ADPi is "We Live for Each Other," and its colors are azure blue and white. The official flower is the woodland violet, the mascot is a lion nicknamed Alphie and the symbol is the diamond. However, since woodland violets are found in the wild and not available for purchase, people often substitute the African violet for it. Alpha Delta Pi currently has over 137 chapters in the United States and Canada, and over 150 alumnae associations, and their Executive Office is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its national philanthropy is the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
[Source: From wikipedia.org]