BETA EPSILON SIGMA ALUMNAE CHAPTER

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Beta Epsilon Sigma Alumnae Chapter was charted February 1, 1947 by 14 innovative women in Columbia, SC.  They are Margaret Thornton, Annie Hopkins, Helena McKim, Mary S. Washington, Willie Pearl Jordan, Etta Sightler, Agnes Evans, Mae D. Walker, Sarah Bouknight, Juantia Artemus, Edna Forest Brown (National Officer), Annie Belle Weston, Daisy Roach, and Fannie Ivey.   BES was the first chapter chartered in South Carolina. They went on to charter Beta Epsilon at Benedict College