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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two women at Howard University in ...
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ), an international historically Black sorority, was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University.It has more than 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Liberia, Bermuda, Jamaica, The Bahamas, South Korea and Nigeria.
Winona Cargile Alexander (June 21, 1893 – October 16, 1984) was a founder of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, Incorporated at Howard University on January 13, 1913. It was the second sorority founded by African-American women and was influential in women's building civic institutions and charities. In 1915, she was the first African-American ...
Howard University Decatur, Georgia: 750 1930 First fraternity to be founded at a historically black university. Delta Sigma Theta: ΔΣΘ: Sorority January 13, 1913 Howard University Washington, D.C. 1,060 [8] 350,000 [8] 1930 Phi Beta Sigma: ΦΒΣ: Fraternity January 9, 1914 Howard University Washington, D.C. 599 (active chapters) [9]
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority that was founded at Howard University in 1913. [1] Historically, the sorority had collegiate, alumnae, and mixed chapters, with the latter including both graduate or undergraduate members. Initially, the alumnae chapters were called graduate chapters and were named using the ...
December 8, 1968 (aged 73) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Alma mater. Howard University. Occupation (s) Actress and Teacher. Known for. Founder of Delta Sigma Theta. Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings (August 30, 1895 – December 8, 1968) was an American actress and teacher, and a founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Below is a list of Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ) members, commonly referred to as Deltas. The sorority was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University [ 1 ] and was first incorporated in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1913. [ 2 ]
Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913, at Howard University. Ethel Cuff: second from right, front row. She attended Howard University, graduating with a degree in education in 1915. [1] [5] At Howard, she was a member of the choir, the chair of the Howard chapter of the YWCA, and vice president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.