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Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated
is an organization of college educated
women committed to the constructive de-
Mission Statement
velopment of its members and to public
service with a primary focus on the Black
Community
The middle letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels
that represent the Nine Cardinal Virtues
that are the foundation of Delta Sigma
Theta
The Sorority Pin
These virtues are: Compassion, Cour-
tesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, and Temper-
ance
Compassion!
The first Jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Courtesy!
The Second Jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of
Delta members
Dedication!
The third jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the National
Presidents, past and present.
The members agreed that the Sorority
Alpha Chapter history should become a chartered organization
at Howard University
First honorary members of DST: Nan-
In 1919.. nie H Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary
Church Terrell
Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Mem-
In 1923..
ber, initiated
She taught drama at Bennett College
Osceola Macarthy Adams and served as Directress of the Harlem
School of the Arts
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Marguerite Young Alexander Was born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Ethel Cuff Black
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alum-
nae Chapter
Was born in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the
Bertha Pitts Campbell Women's Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on
August 2, 1981
Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a
very gifted woman who was not only a
Zephyr Chisom Carter singer, but an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and
sang for television shows
She was extremely dedicated and stu-
dious and graduated from Howard in
Edna Brown Coleman
1913 as valedictorian and class presi-
dent
Was the first corresponding secretary of
Alpha Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston
Jessie McGuire Dent School District
She battled the Galveston School District
in court and won equal wages for Black
teachers
She was the first sergeant-at-arms of Al-
Frederica Chase Dodd
pha Chapter
She served as president of Alpha Chap-
Myra Davis Hemmings
ter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Founder Olive Jones became a music
Olive Claire Jones teacher in the Washington, DC public
school system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
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She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to
participate in the march for women's suf-
frage
Was an excellent musician
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor She graduated as valedictorian of the
Teacher's College
From Washington, DC, graduated from
M Street High School, later known as
Vashti Turley Murphy Dunbar High School
This was the first public high school for
Blacks in the United States
Was the last surviving Founder when she
Naomi Sewell Richardson died in 1993
She married Clarence W Richardson
From the small town of Belton, South
Mamie Reddy Rose
Carolina
Founder Eliza Pearl Shippen was the
only Founder to receive a doctorate de-
Eliza Pearl Shippen
gree and was one of two Founders who
never married
At her high school graduation President
William Howard Taft presented her with
her diploma and scholarship to Howard
Florence Letcher Toms University
She introduced First Lady Eleanor Roo-
sevelt to an audience of parents at John
Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945
She became a teacher with a career that
covered more than 30 years
Ethel Carr Watson
She began a second career as a dramat-
ic performer
She published a novel entitled The Valley
Wertie Blackwell Weaver of the Poor. Her book focused on racism
and poverty in the South
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Delta sigma theta sorority incorporated
is an organization of college educated
women committed to the constructive de-
Mission Statement
velopment of its members and to public
service with a primary focus on the Black
Community
The middle letter, the Sigma has 9 jewels
that represent the Nine Cardinal Virtues
that are the foundation of Delta Sigma
Theta
The Sorority Pin
These virtues are: Compassion, Cour-
tesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, and Temper-
ance
Compassion!
The first Jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Courtesy!
The Second Jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of
Delta members
Dedication!
The third jewel in the Sigma is... This jewel is dedicated to the National
Presidents, past and present.
The members agreed that the Sorority
Alpha Chapter history should become a chartered organization
at Howard University
First honorary members of DST: Nan-
In 1919.. nie H Burroughs, Gabrielle Pelham, Mary
Church Terrell
Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Mem-
In 1923..
ber, initiated
She taught drama at Bennett College
Osceola Macarthy Adams and served as Directress of the Harlem
School of the Arts
,DAT TEST WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+
2024\2025
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Marguerite Young Alexander Was born in Chicago, Illinois
Winona Cargile Alexander She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Ethel Cuff Black
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alum-
nae Chapter
Was born in Winfield, Kansas
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the
Bertha Pitts Campbell Women's Suffrage March
She repeated this momentous walk on
August 2, 1981
Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a
very gifted woman who was not only a
Zephyr Chisom Carter singer, but an actress as well
She harnessed her vocal powers and
sang for television shows
She was extremely dedicated and stu-
dious and graduated from Howard in
Edna Brown Coleman
1913 as valedictorian and class presi-
dent
Was the first corresponding secretary of
Alpha Chapter
She became a teacher in the Galveston
Jessie McGuire Dent School District
She battled the Galveston School District
in court and won equal wages for Black
teachers
She was the first sergeant-at-arms of Al-
Frederica Chase Dodd
pha Chapter
She served as president of Alpha Chap-
Myra Davis Hemmings
ter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Founder Olive Jones became a music
Olive Claire Jones teacher in the Washington, DC public
school system
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
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She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to
participate in the march for women's suf-
frage
Was an excellent musician
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor She graduated as valedictorian of the
Teacher's College
From Washington, DC, graduated from
M Street High School, later known as
Vashti Turley Murphy Dunbar High School
This was the first public high school for
Blacks in the United States
Was the last surviving Founder when she
Naomi Sewell Richardson died in 1993
She married Clarence W Richardson
From the small town of Belton, South
Mamie Reddy Rose
Carolina
Founder Eliza Pearl Shippen was the
only Founder to receive a doctorate de-
Eliza Pearl Shippen
gree and was one of two Founders who
never married
At her high school graduation President
William Howard Taft presented her with
her diploma and scholarship to Howard
Florence Letcher Toms University
She introduced First Lady Eleanor Roo-
sevelt to an audience of parents at John
Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945
She became a teacher with a career that
covered more than 30 years
Ethel Carr Watson
She began a second career as a dramat-
ic performer
She published a novel entitled The Valley
Wertie Blackwell Weaver of the Poor. Her book focused on racism
and poverty in the South
