Founders
Became a teacher with a career that covered more than thirty years. Following her retirement, she began a second career as a dramatic performer.
Founder Ethel Carr Watson
5th National President, 1931-1933: Gladys Byram Shepperd
Who is an achor and special correspondent, CNN
Soledad O'Briend
Physical and Mental Health: Name 3 Programs (National and/or Local)
Financial Fortitude, Adopt a Black Business, Red Dress Luncheon
Three Rites of Passage
Pyramid Induction Ceremony, Initiation Ceremony, Omega Omega Service
First Vice President of Alpha Chapter. She was the first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY. Became a charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter.
Founder Ethel Cuff Black.
Appointed by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford to serve on commissions
12th National President, 1958-1963: Jeanne L. Noble
Who wrote the Delta Oath
Mary Church Terrell
Educational Development: Name 3 Programs (National and/or Local)
EMBODI, Delta GEMS, Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy, Monsieur Ebonaire Pageant/ Beautillion
Pyramid Motto
Scholarship, Fellowship, Service and a desire to attain all that would ennoble.
Born in Winfield, Kansas. Participated in the Women's Suffrage March. Sixty-eight years later, she repeated this momentous walk on August 2, 1981.
Founder Bertha Pitts Campbell
Burned the Mortgage on the First National Headquarters Building.
11th National President, 1956-1958: Dorothy Penman Harrison
Who was a founder of National Training School for Women & Girls
Nannie Helen Burroughs
Economic Development: Name 3 Programs (National and/or Local)
Financial Fortitude, Economic Development Summit, Dfree
Seven Regions of Delta Sigma Theta (Bonus points if you can provide their nicknames!)
Charismatic & Courageous Central, Dynamic and Historic Eastern, Fabulous Farwest, Mighty Midwest, Sensational South Atlantic, Dynamic Southern, Blazing Southwest
Graduated from M Street High School, later known as Dunbar High School.
Founder Vashti Turley Murphy
Commissioned the Sculpture, Fortitude, on Howard University Campus
16th National President, 1975-1979: Thelma Thomas Daley
Who was the director of Music, Howard University?
Gabrielle Pelham
Political Awareness and Involvement: Name 3 Programs (National and/or Local)
Delta Days at the Nation's Capital (DDNC), Voter Education and NAACP Membership Drive
Rap Order
One Rap - Attention, Be Seated, End of Ceremony
Two Raps - Affirm the Sacred Trust, Affirm the Sacred Vow
Three Raps - Sorors Stand
From the small town of Belton, South Carolina.
Founder Mamie Reddy Rose
First Woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by President Lyndon B. Johnson
14th National President, 1967-1971: Frankie Muse Freeman
Who birth name is Dana Elaine Owens, wrote the album All Hail the Queen?
Queen Latifah
International Awareness & Involvement: Name 3 Programs (National and/or Local)
Thika Memorial Hospital, World AIDS Day, International Day of the Girl Child
Sorority Mission Statement
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the black community.