National Presidents
Five Point Projects (now Five Point Programmatic Thursts) established.
Dororthy Irene Height 10th National President (1947-1956)
The only Founder to receive a doctorate degree
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Grand Chapter was created at which Convention?
1st National Convention
Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, S.C.
Edith Motte Young
President when the 1st National Convention was held
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, 1st National President (1919-1923)
Office of Second National Vice President created
Served as Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts
Osceola McCarthy Adams
What are the Three Rites of Passage?
Induction, Initiation, Omega Omega Chapter
Was from a small town in Belton, South Carolina
Mamie Reddy Rose
Implementation of the Capital Fund Drive
Special emphasis on Reclamation and Retention; Theme was “Every Delta in the House”
First President of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women.
Myra Davis Hemmings
What is the Sorority's most Sacred Trust?
The Induction of new members into Delta Sigma Theta is the Sorority's Most Sacred Trust.
Designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members; designed the Sorority Pin
Madree Penn White
Delegates voted to hold National Convention every two years (biennially).
Ethel Lamay Calimese, 3rd National President (1926-1929)
She established a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 affordable homes
Bertha Maxwell Roddy 20th National President
(1992 - 1996)
First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter
Frederica Chase Dodd
What were the first two graduate (now called alumnae) chapters authorized by Delta Sigma Theta?
Washington, DC and New York City
Helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women’s Suffrage
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
She established the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy as a signature Delta Program
Marcia L. Fudge 21st National Presidents
(1996- 2000)
Focus on voting and equal rights for women and minorities and fair employment practices
Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams 9th National President, (1944-1947)
Last surviving Founder in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Naomi Sewell Richardson
What is the sorority's Mission Statement?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. is a organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the black commuinity.
Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US Presidents including William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy.
Florence Letcher Toms
The National Commission on Arts & Letters was established; implemented the Delta Right to Read Project
Lillian Pierce Benbow 15th National President,
(1971 – 1975)