Founders
She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for Women’s Suffrage
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Under my leadershipo
■Grand Chapter incorporated under D.C. laws (1930)
■National Pan-Hellenic Council formed (Dr. Julian served as treasurer)
Anna Johnson Julian
During my presidency Biennial Conventions approved by delegate vote
Ethel Lamay Calimese
I wrote the Delta Oath
Mary Church Terrell
I graduated from Howard in 1913 as valedictorian and class president
Edna Brown Coleman
The last surviving Founder when she died in 1993
Naomi Sewell Richardson
Under my leadership
■National Boards as component of organizational structure were created
Gladys Byram Shepperd
I designed the Delta Pin
Madree Penn White
Sacred Vow
Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a Lifetime Commitment.
I became a music teacher in the Washington, DC public school system.
Olive Claire Jones
The first vice president of Alpha Chapter
Ethel Cuff Black
Under my leadership
■National Headquarters established
Jeannette Triplett Jones
Where Delta Sigma Theta was founded
Campus of Howard University.
Dedicated to the mothers of Delta members.
Courtesy
Jessie McGuire Dent
First corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter.
She also taught drama at Bennett College and served as Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
I was the Grand President for the 1st National Convention
Dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Compassion
Florence Letcher Toms
President William Howard Taft presented her with her diploma and scholarship to Howard University.
She served as president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Myra Davis Hemmings
She was the first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY
Ethel Cuff Black
G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley
New nomenclature system for naming chapters was authorized
First Honorary Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Nannie H. Burroughs
Gabrielle Pelham
Mary Church Terrell
Dedication
Dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Was the only Founder to receive a doctorate degree