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On January 13, 1913, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was founded by twenty-two women at Howard University. [5] [6] Some of the founders were former members of Alpha Kappa Alpha who wanted to change the sorority's name, color, symbols and direction.
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, 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.
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]
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.
This category is for biographical articles and images relating to the founders and incorporators of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The organization was founded on the campus of Howard University in 1913 .
In 1917, Pi Kappa Sigma and Delta Sigma Epsilon joined the association, followed by Theta Sigma Upsilon in 1925, Alpha Sigma Tau in 1926, and Pi Delta Theta in 1931. At the third biennial conference, the name of the association was changed to the Association of Educational Sororities. Later, [when?] the word Educational was changed to Education.
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.