The Great Depression

Though the relatively prosperous families of Gamma Phi Beta members were far removed from the travesties of bread lines and soup kitchens, few Americans remained untouched by the Depression. Some families found it difficult to keep their daughters in college and enrollments decreased. With fewer members living in chapter houses, keeping mortgage payments current posed a challenge though, astonishingly, not one chapter house was lost during those difficult years. Despite the economic difficulties of the time, five new chapters were added in 1930 and 1931.