First Row: Winona Cargile Alexander, Madree Penn White, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Vashti Turley Murphy, Ethel Cuff Black, Frederica Chase Dodd;
Second Row: Osceola Macarthy Adams, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Edna Brown Coleman, Edith Mott Young, Marguerite Young Alexander, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Eliza P. Shippen;
Third Row: Zephyr Chisom Carter, Myra Davis Hemmings, Mamie Reddy Rose, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Florence Letcher Toms, Olive Jones, Jessie McGuire Dent, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Ethel Carr Watson
NATIONAL HISTORY
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Howard University on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women. These students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need. The first public act performed by the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was their participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C. in March, 1913. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930. Delta Sigma Theta is a private, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to establish and maintain a high standard of morality and scholarship among minority women, while providing services and programs to promote human welfare.
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For more information, visit the official website: www.deltasigmatheta.org