Delta Sigma Theta Practice Test- Presidents/Founders/Officers Questions and Answers

I will close my ears.... - Answer- and seal my lips to slanderous gossip I will take an active interest in the welfare.... - Answer- of my country, using my influence toward the enactment of laws for the protection of the unfortunate and weak and for the repeal of those depriving human beings of their privileges and rights I will never belittle any race.... - Answer- and will try to persuade others to take the same just stand Osceola Macarthy Adams - Answer- Founder who selected the Delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and Directress of the America Negro Theater Marguerite Young Alexander - Answer- Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter Winona Cargile Alexander - Answer- First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with New York City and New York County charities. Ethel Cuff Black - Answer- The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter. Bertha Pitts Campbell - Answer- The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian of the class of 1908. Zephyr Chisom Carter - Answer- Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for Alpha Chapter. Edna Brown Coleman - Answer- President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Jessie McGuire Dent - Answer- First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the Galveston Public School System. Frederica Chase Dodd - Answer- First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter. Myra Davis Hemmings - Answer- First President of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. She went from being President of Alpha Kappa Alpha to being president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Olive Claire Jones - Answer- Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C. Jimmie Bugg Middleton - Answer- President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean of Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C. She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage. Pauline Oberdorfer Minor - Answer- First Treasurer of Alpha Chapter; author of "Get off the Judgement Seat" Vashti Turley Murphy - Answer- Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Baltimore Branch of the National Association of College Women. In 1908, she was appointed to teach in Washington D.C. public schools. Naomi Sewell Richardson - Answer- Last surviving founder when she died in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. Mamie Reddy Rose - Answer- First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega Chapter on Feb. 17, 1919. Eliza Pearl Shippen - Answer- Graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and PhD.