Mission Statement - ANSWERDelta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black Community
The Sorority Pin - ANSWERThe middle letter, the Sigma has 9 je...
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Mission Statement - ANSWERDelta sigma theta sorority incorporated is an
organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development
of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black Community
The Sorority Pin - ANSWERThe middle letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels that represent
the Nine Cardinal Virtues that are the foundation of Delta Sigma Theta
These virtues are: Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty,
Justice, Purity, and Temperance
The first Jewel in the Sigma is... - ANSWERCompassion!
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
The Second Jewel in the Sigma is... - ANSWERCourtesy!
This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
The third jewel in the Sigma is... - ANSWERDedication!
This jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
Alpha Chapter history - ANSWERThe members agreed that the Sorority should
become a chartered organization at Howard University
In 1919.. - ANSWERFirst honorary members of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle
Pelham, Mary Church Terrell
In 1923.. - ANSWERMary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Member, initiated
Osceola Macarthy Adams - ANSWERShe taught drama at Bennett College and
served as Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts
Marguerite Young Alexander - ANSWERWas born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander - ANSWERShe was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Ethel Cuff Black - ANSWERFirst Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
Bertha Pitts Campbell - ANSWERWas born in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on August 2, 1981
Zephyr Chisom Carter - ANSWERFounder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted
woman who was not only a singer, but an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television shows
, Edna Brown Coleman - ANSWERShe was extremely dedicated and studious and
graduated from Howard in 1913 as valedictorian and class president
Jessie McGuire Dent - ANSWERWas the first corresponding secretary of Alpha
Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston School District
She battled the Galveston School District in court and won equal wages for Black
teachers
Frederica Chase Dodd - ANSWERShe was the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha
Chapter
Myra Davis Hemmings - ANSWERShe served as president of Alpha Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Olive Claire Jones - ANSWERFounder Olive Jones became a music teacher in the
Washington, DC public school system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton - ANSWERShe helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to
participate in the march for women's suffrage
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor - ANSWERWas an excellent musician
She graduated as valedictorian of the Teacher's College
Vashti Turley Murphy - ANSWERFrom Washington, DC, graduated from M Street
High School, later known as Dunbar High School
This was the first public high school for Blacks in the United States
Naomi Sewell Richardson - ANSWERWas the last surviving Founder when she died
in 1993
She married Clarence W Richardson
Mamie Reddy Rose - ANSWERFrom the small town of Belton, South Carolina
Eliza Pearl Shippen - ANSWERFounder Eliza Pearl Shippen was the only Founder
to receive a doctorate degree and was one of two Founders who never married
Florence Letcher Toms - ANSWERAt her high school graduation President William
Howard Taft presented her with her diploma and scholarship to Howard University
She introduced First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to an audience of parents at John
Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945
Ethel Carr Watson - ANSWERShe became a teacher with a career that covered
more than 30 years
She began a second career as a dramatic performer
Wertie Blackwell Weaver - ANSWERShe published a novel entitled The Valley of the
Poor. Her book focused on racism and poverty in the South
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