[6] She also founded a local honour society for women in home economics named Alpha Nu.

[6] Early chapters opened at the University of Washington around 1910 and continued to spread across the country, and eventually held meetings for the American Chemical Society.

[4] In the 1930s, there was an offer of amalgamation from the Phi Lambda Upsilon honor society for male chemists but this was refused.

[8] Iota Sigma Pi was briefly a member of the Association of College Honor Societies or ACHS, joining in February 1955, but resigned to operate independently sometime between 1957 and 1963.

The highest award from the society is the National Honorary Member which is given to female chemists who have made an exceptional and significant achievement in the field.

[10] The Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award is given to women who have achieved in the field of chemistry or biochemistry.

She wished for the funding to be given to female Iota Sigma Pi members who are undergraduates in chemistry or biochemistry.