FOUNDERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA, INC!
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Osceola McCarthy Adams Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Marguerite Young Alexander Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Winona Cargile Alexander Vashti Turley Murphy
Ethel Cuff Black Naomi Sewell Richardson
Bertha Pitts Campbell Mamie Reddy Rose
Zephyr Chisom Carter Eliza Pearl Shippen
Edna Brown Coleman Florence Letcher Toms
Jessie McGuire Dent Ethel Carr Watson
Fredrica Chase Dodd Wertie Blackwell Weaver
Myra Davis Hemmings Madree Penn White
Olive Jones Edith Motte Young |
These twenty-two undergraduate women founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on January 13, 1913 at Howard University. These young women wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is a private, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to promote human welfare.
The Grand Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has a membership of over 200,000 predominately African-American, college-educated women. The Sorority currently has 900-plus chapters located in the United States, Tokyo, Japan, Okinawa, Japan, Germany, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Seoul, Korea, and St. Thomas and St Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Delta's Five-Point Program
Economic Development
Educational Development
International Awareness and Involvement
Physical and Mental Health
Political Awareness and Involvement
Motto: Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom
One Mission: Empowering Communities
One Sisterhood Through Committed Service
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