Frances Elliott Mann Hall

Frances Elliott Mann Hall (October 6, 1853 in Yarmouth, Maine – died February 6, 1935) was one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority. Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, became the first New England college to admit women along with men. Mary Caffrey Low became the first female student at Colby, and for two years remained the only one. Eventually she was joined by four other women, and along with Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller, Hall and Louise Helen Coburn, Low created the Sigma Kappa sorority at Colby on November 9, 1874.

Frances Elliott Mann Hall

Frances Elliott Mann Hall (October 6, 1853 in Yarmouth, Maine – died February 6, 1935) was one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority. Colby College, in Waterville, Maine, became the first New England college to admit women along with men. Mary Caffrey Low became the first female student at Colby, and for two years remained the only one. Eventually she was joined by four other women, and along with Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller, Hall and Louise Helen Coburn, Low created the Sigma Kappa sorority at Colby on November 9, 1874.