The Walter Hines Page Chapter was established in 1925 with 38 members. It forms part of the Units Overseas and is the oldest overseas chapter. 

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The founding chapter members included Elisabeth Walton Allen, a Titanic survivor; Adelaide Bragg Gillespie, an author; Martha Washington Agerter Jenks, director of a film company; and Marguerita Lott, a clerk at the United States Embassy.