Founders
From Belton, South Carolina (small town)
Mamie Reddy Rose
Taught at Claflin College (Orangesburg, SC)
Edith Motte Young
Helped Lobby Delta Sigma Theta to Participate in the Women's Suffrage March
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Marguerite Young Alexander
Music Teacher in Washington D.C. Public School System
Olive Claire Jones
Last Surviving Founder when She Died in 1993 in Washingtonville, NY
Naomi Sewell Richardson
The Only Founder to Receive a Doctorate Degree and Never Marry
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Taught Drama at Bennet College, Directress of Harlem School of Arts
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Singer: Actress, sang for a TV Shows (7 years)
Zephyr Chisom Carter
First Black Social Worker, Alpha Chapter's First Custodian
Winona Cargile Alexander
First Sergeant-at-arms (Alpha Chapter), Chartered Graduate Chapter Eta Beta (1924) -> Dallas Alumnae Chapter (1960)
Frederica Chase Dodd
From Washington D.C., Graduated from Dunbar High School (M Street High School - previous name), First Public High School for Blacks
Vashti Turley Murphy
Teacher For More than 30 Years, Dramatic Performer (After Retirement)
Ethel Carr Watson
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Excellent Musician, Valedictorian of Teachers College, Graduated in 1914
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Whose Love is Significant
Edna Brown Coleman "Coleman Love"
Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945, President William Howard Taft presented her with Diploma & Scholarship to Howard University
Florence Letcher Toms
What was Delta's First Public Act
Women's Suffrage March (March 3, 1913)
What was Wertie Blackwell Weaver Novel Focused on
Racism and Poverty in the South
Published Novel "The Valley of the Poor"
Wertie Blackwell Weaver
First Vice President of Alpha Chapter, Charter Member of Queens Alumnae Chapter (NY)
Ethel Cuff Black
Drafted Initial Constitution & Bylaws, Designed Ceremony for Inducting Honorary Members, Set in Motion Mechanism for Creating Other Chapters, Designed Sorority Pin, Served as 2nd President of Alpha Chapter
Madree Penn White
First Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chapter, Became a teacher in the Galveston School District, Instrumental in Integrating Schools
Jessie McGuire Dent
Born in Winfield, Kansas, March 3, 1913: Participated in Women's Suffrage March, August 2, 1981: Repeated this Momentous Walk
Bertha Pitts Campbell
President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Myra Davis Hemmings
Graduated from Howard University in 1913, Valedictorian and Class President, Married Founder of Omega Psi Phi: Frank Coleman
Edna Brown Coleman