The first state meeting was held on the final day of the Louisiana Teachers Association Convention on November 24, 1934, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.  In the dining room of the Home Economics Department, the following were initiated as members of the state organization:  Eleanor Blatterman, Mamie Bowman, Esther Cooley, May Lee Denham, Hazel Coxe, Mary Dingle, Hulda Erath, Bertha Ferguson, Margaret Herdsman,  Marie Hester, Martha Hollinger, George Huff, Mary Johnson, Ruth Kean, Agatha LaCroix, Lillian A. McCook, Muriel McCulla, Corinne Statler, Gladys Tappan, Mary Thornton, and Metella Williams. Louise Garig and Ruth Girard were installed in Miss Garig’s bedroom, due to a fall and the misfortune of a broken hip. A few months later, Miss Garig passed away. 

The first chapter, Alpha, was installed on February 15, 1935.  Members were primarily from the Lafayette, Abbeville, New Iberia, and Jeanerette area. Beta Chapter was organized in Rapides parish on February 1, 1936.  The Louisiana State membership has since grown to approximately 4000 members.