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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.
In 1966, Delta Teen Lift was established and the Delta Sigma Theta Executive Board was received in the White House by President Lyndon B. Johnson to discuss community issues and concerns in 1967. In 1968, the Unwed Mothers program was established, and in 1970 Delta sponsored the East African International Women's Seminar in Nairobi , Kenya .
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 ...
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.
The Dallas alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta offers a Frederica Chase Dodd Scholarship to local students, and opened the Frederica Chase Dodd Life Development Center in Dallas. [1] [10] In 1985, the sorority published a short biography of Dodd, titled Beauty and the Best, Frederica Chase Dodd : the story of a life of love and dedication. [11 ...
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 ...
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]
McGuire attended the segregated Central High School in Galveston, graduating in 1908, before attending the historically Black Howard University in Washington, D.C. She was one of the co-founders of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, which was founded on January 13, 1913, and later became a charter member of the Gamma Chapter in Galveston.