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Delta 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
1. Mission
State- ment
2. The Sorority Pin The 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
3. The first Jewel Compassion!
in the Sigma
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
is...
Incorporat- ed
4. The Second Jewel Courtesy!
in the Sigma is...This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
5. The third jewel
Dedication!
in the SigmaThis jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
is...
The members agreed that the Sorority should become a chartered
6. Alpha organization at Howard University
Chapter
history
7. In 1919.. First honorary members of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle
Pelham, Mary
Church Terrell
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8. In 1923.. Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Member, initiated
9. Osceola She taught drama at Bennett College and served as Directress of the
Macarthy
Harlem School of the Arts
Adams
Was born in Chicago, Illinois
10. Marguerite
Young
Alexander
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11. Winona She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Cargile
Alexander
12. Ethel Cuff Black First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
13. Bertha Was born in Winfield, Kansas
Pitts
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's Suttrage
Campbell
March She repeated this momentous walk on August 2,
1981
14. Zephyr
Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted woman who was not
Chisom
only a singer, but an actress as well
Carter
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television shows
15. Edna Brown Cole- She was extremely dedicated and studious and graduated from
Howard in 1913
man valedictorian and class president
16. Jessie Was the first corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter
McGuire She became a teacher in the Galveston School
Dent District
battled the Galveston School District in court and won equal wages for
Black teachers
17. Frederica
was the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha Chapter
Chase Dodd
18. Myra Davis
served as president of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Hem- mings
19. Olive Claire Jones Founder Olive Jones became a music teacher in the Washington, DC
public school system
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20. Jimmie She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for
Bugg
women's suttrage
Middleton
Delta 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
1. Mission
State- ment
2. The Sorority Pin The 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
3. The first Jewel Compassion!
in the Sigma
This jewel is dedicated to the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
is...
Incorporat- ed
4. The Second Jewel Courtesy!
in the Sigma is...This jewel is dedicated to the mothers of Delta members
5. The third jewel
Dedication!
in the SigmaThis jewel is dedicated to the National Presidents, past and present.
is...
The members agreed that the Sorority should become a chartered
6. Alpha organization at Howard University
Chapter
history
7. In 1919.. First honorary members of DST: Nannie H Burroughs, Gabrielle
Pelham, Mary
Church Terrell
, DAT Assessment.
8. In 1923.. Mary McLeod Bethune, Honorary Member, initiated
9. Osceola She taught drama at Bennett College and served as Directress of the
Macarthy
Harlem School of the Arts
Adams
Was born in Chicago, Illinois
10. Marguerite
Young
Alexander
, DAT Assessment.
11. Winona She was Alpha Chapter's first custodian
Cargile
Alexander
12. Ethel Cuff Black First Vice President of Alpha Chapter
Became a social studies teacher
Charter member of Queens (NY) Alumnae Chapter
13. Bertha Was born in Winfield, Kansas
Pitts
On March 3, 1913, she participated in the Women's Suttrage
Campbell
March She repeated this momentous walk on August 2,
1981
14. Zephyr
Founder Zephyr Chisom Carter was a very gifted woman who was not
Chisom
only a singer, but an actress as well
Carter
She harnessed her vocal powers and sang for television shows
15. Edna Brown Cole- She was extremely dedicated and studious and graduated from
Howard in 1913
man valedictorian and class president
16. Jessie Was the first corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter
McGuire She became a teacher in the Galveston School
Dent District
battled the Galveston School District in court and won equal wages for
Black teachers
17. Frederica
was the first sergeant-at-arms of Alpha Chapter
Chase Dodd
18. Myra Davis
served as president of Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Hem- mings
19. Olive Claire Jones Founder Olive Jones became a music teacher in the Washington, DC
public school system
, DAT Assessment.
20. Jimmie She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for
Bugg
women's suttrage
Middleton
