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This list of Delta Sigma Theta National Conventions includes dates on which the conventions were held, host cities, and general themes and significant accomplishments of each convention. Number. Location. Dates [a] Significant outcomes. Refs. 1st. Howard University, Washington, D.C. December 27, 1919.
Delta Sigma Theta. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two women at Howard ...
In 1919, she was elected the first national President of Delta Sigma Theta. Mossell Alexander also served as the legal advisor to Delta Sigma Theta sorority for 35 years. [13] She was in contact with the Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta since 1915 when she arrived at the University of Pennsylvania. However, she needed five students to charter ...
Over the next few decades, three other sororities—Delta Sigma Theta (1913), Zeta Phi Beta (1920), and Sigma Gamma Rho (1922)—and four other fraternities—Kappa Alpha Psi (1911), Omega Psi Phi ...
Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ), an international historically Black sorority, was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University. It 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 ...
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]
Burial place. Sunset Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois. Alma mater. Howard University. Occupation. Teacher. Known for. Co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta. Marguerite Young Alexander (March 1, 1889 – December 3, 1954) an American eductor and was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Delta Sigma Theta later named an award in her honor, for members who contributed to the arts and drama. [13] After graduating from Howard, Osceola married Numa Pompilius Garfield Adams, a chemistry professor, member of Alpha Phi Alpha, and the first African-American Dean of Howard Medical School. [20] They moved to Chicago in 1921. [23]