The organization aims to support women working in the fields of architecture and design through educational programming, networking, and mentoring.

[2] In 1915 four female architect students from Washington University in St. Louis were rejected from the male architectural fraternity.

These women, Helen Milius, Henrietta May Steinmesch, Jane Pelton, and Angela Burdeau created an architectural sorority called La Confrerie Alongine.

This name change helped support women in the fields of architecture, interior design, and engineering and artists of various principles.

Though both student and professional chapters continued to operate as location organizations in universities and cities across the United States.