The Efficient Eastern Region of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated
89 Years of Service
About Us
IOTA History
Lola Mercedes Parker
Founder
According to Vol. I of the History of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Incorporated (1929 – 1958), page 43, Regional Directors were elected at the first National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois August 18-20, 1933. It was the Regional Directors’ responsibility to preside over their respective Regions.
These contacts enabled the Directors to nurture chapters, to reactivate inactive chapters and secure information leading to the establishment of new chapters.
The Eastern Region’s first Regional Director was Florence K. Williamson Norman, Gamma Chapter. First Eastern Regional Conference was held April 24-25, 1937 at the YWCA, Philadelphia, PA.
Iota’s original constitution provided for four (4) regions: North, South, East, and West. A 1946 revision increased the regions to six (6): Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Southwestern, and Far Western. It was decided that the Eastern Region would encompass all of the states in the North East, Mid-Atlantic, Tidewater Virginia areas, West Virginia, and the city of Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus was subsequently moved to the Central Region. Early in 1980, the Virgin Islands was added to the Eastern Region. Thus, the Eastern Region includes: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Saint Thomas, VI, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
