[2][3] Those women were Anna Allen Smith, Olive Burnett Clark, Bertha Deniston Cunningham, Amy DuBois Rieth, Nellie Gamble Childe, Bessie Grooms Keenan, and Estelle Leonard.

[2][3] Howe collaborated with James G. Campbell, a Beta Theta Pi, to establish Alpha Chi Omega as a national fraternity.

According to this first constitution, "The object of this fraternity is...to attain the highest musical culture and to cultivate those principles that embody true womanhood.

[2] Alpha Chi Omega's colors, scarlet red and olive green, were chosen to commemorate the fraternity's fall founding.

Alpha Chi Omega chose the three-stringed lyre as its official symbol since it was the first instrument played by the Greek gods on Mount Olympus.

[12] The badge (pin) worn by initiated members is in the shape of a lyre, typically featuring pearls and the Greek letters ΑΧΩ on the crossbar.

In 1947, Alpha Chi Omega adopted Easter Seals as its national philanthropy and supported other projects associated with cerebral palsy.

[20] In 1978, the fraternity created the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation, a nonprofit organization to oversee funds for its philanthropic projects and educational programming.