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Delta Delta Sigma: May 1950 Tuscaloosa County: Alabama: Active [100] Little Rock Alumnae Delta Epsilon Sigma: April 1950 Greater Little Rock and Little Rock: Arkansas: Active [101] [ap] Delta Zeta Sigma: Delta Eta Sigma: Queens Alumnae Delta Theta Sigma: June 4, 1951 Queens: New York: Active [102] [aq] Hampton Alumnae Delta Iota Sigma: October ...
Delta Sigma Theta is an international historically Black sorority.It was founded at Howard University in 1913. The sorority 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.
Regions were established in 1925, and the Jabberwock was established as the scholarship fundraiser. Under the threat of losing its name, the sorority sought national incorporation. On January 20, 1930, the Grand Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated as a perpetual body, which eliminated the need for each chapter to seek its charter. [19]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, has been a pillar of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action since its founding on January 13, 1913, by 22 collegiate women at Howard University.
Name Original chapter Notability References Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, J.D., Ph.D. Gamma: 1919–1923. Mossell Alexander was the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in the United States, the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, one of the first Black women to receive a Phi Beta Kappa Key in the state of Pennsylvania, and the first ...
The idea, conceived primarily by three men, Maxwell Corotius, Samuel N. Kerr, and Stanley B. Stowe, was the beginning of Delta Theta Sigma Fraternity at Ohio State University. The name, Delta Theta Sigma, and the fourfold purposes of the fraternity were drafted with the advice of Professor Smith of the Greek Language Department at Ohio State ...
Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913, at Howard University. Myra Davis Hemmings at the far left, back row. At Howard University in Washington, D.C. , Davis was a part of the group of seven who joined the Alpha chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1912; she served as its president.
Ohio State University has produced its share of famous graduates in 154 years. Some are famous for their contributions to American history. Here are some of Ohio State's most famous alumni, from ...