Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta, civil rights activist and organizer in Seattle Bertha Pitts Campbell (June 30, 1889 – April 2, 1990) was a civil rights activist and one of the 22 founding members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 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.
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.
The neophytes led by Davis wanted to change the name.and voted to reorganize Alpha Kappa Alpha into Delta Sigma Theta on January 13, 1913. [6] In this meeting she was elected president of Delta Sigma Theta. [4] [7] In 1913, Hemmings graduated from Howard University. [8]
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 ...
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.