Kappa Firsts:
- FIRST of women's fraternities to turn from Grand Chapter form of government to
Grand Council organization (1881)
- FIRST of women's fraternities to publish a magazine - The Key - Resolution
adopted 1881 - first issue printed 1882.
- FIRST to extend invitations to a Panhellenic convention (1891)
- FIRST women's fraternity to establish a Central Office (1922)
- FIRST to adopt the graduate counselor system - established as the Co-Organizer
Program (1928.)
- FIRST to set up Service Women's Centers (1942)
- FIRST women's fraternity to establish a permanent Fraternity Headquarters
(1951)
- FIRST to join with another sorority in a co-housing venture - with Kappa Alpha
Theta at the University of Pittsburgh (1965)
- FIRST of women's fraternities to incorporate a Heritage Museum (1981)