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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] Its graduate chapters are named according to geographic location and "Alumnae" annexed to the service area's name. [3]
At age 92, Campbell led 10,000 members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in a march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the participation of some members of the organization in the suffrage march of 1913. Having long survived her husband and son, she spent her final years in a Seattle nursing home and died peacefully at ...
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the largest African American Women's organization in the world and has a membership of over 350,000 college-educated women around the world. During the membership intake period, initiates are members of the Pyramid Club.
Adams was a leader in Howard's Dramatic Club where she matriculated as part of Howard University's Class of 1913, and also studied ancient Greek and philosophy. [13] [14]On January 13, 1913, she was one of 22 women who co-founded the Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated at Howard University. [15]
She was a member of the Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star, she received the Life Membership and Scroll from the National Council of Negro Women, and was an Honorary Member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Giovanni speaking at Emory University in 2008. Giovanni was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1990s and underwent numerous surgeries.
Delta Sigma Theta is the largest single organization historically founded for and by Black Women in the United States. Founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University by twenty-two visionary collegiate students, Delta Sigma Theta is the first African American Greek-lettered organization for women based on the principles of servings others and ...
Shepperd taught history in the segregated high schools of Baltimore from 1927 to 1956. [4] She was eastern regional director of Delta Sigma Theta after college. [5] She was the fifth national president of Delta Sigma Theta, serving as the sorority's leader from 1931 to 1933. [6]
Cole is currently the Chair of the Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity & Inclusion Institute founded at Bennett College for Women. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She was Director of the National Museum of African Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, during 2009–2017. [8]