Delta Sigma Theta Founders Test
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Bertha Pitts Campbell - ANS-The only Black student enrolled at her faculty; become the
valedictorian of the elegance of 1908.
Edith Motte Young - ANS-Served as Alpha Chapter's first Recording Secretary. Taught at
Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She became also an carried out pianist.
Edna Brown Coleman - ANS-President and valedictorian of her graduating elegance;
married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Eliza Pearl Shippen - ANS-Graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; acquired
her M.A. And PhD.
Ethel Carr Watson - ANS-Teacher for greater than 30 years then started out a career in
dramatics. During the considerable March for Women's Suffrage, Ms. Watson confided that
her circle of relatives informed her not to march, however changed into compelled to defy the
order because she turned into decided on to maintain the banner seeing that she turned into
the tallest.
Ethel Cuff Black - ANS-The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black trainer in
Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
Florence Letcher Toms - ANS-Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to mother and father
at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US Presidents
along with William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy. Ms. Toms gathered elephants, which has
come to be a interest to Delta's all around the world.
Fredrica Chase Dodd - ANS-First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member
of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter.
Jessie McGuire Dent - ANS-First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in
integrating the Galveston Public School System.
Jimmie Bugg Middleton - ANS-President and National Treasurer of National affiliation of
College Women; Dean of Girls on the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C.
She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to take part inside the March for Women's Suffrage.
Madree Penn White - ANS-Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and
Latin; designed ceremony for inducting Honorary Members; first girl of the campus paper,
The Howard University Journal.
Study Guide
Bertha Pitts Campbell - ANS-The only Black student enrolled at her faculty; become the
valedictorian of the elegance of 1908.
Edith Motte Young - ANS-Served as Alpha Chapter's first Recording Secretary. Taught at
Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. She became also an carried out pianist.
Edna Brown Coleman - ANS-President and valedictorian of her graduating elegance;
married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Eliza Pearl Shippen - ANS-Graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; acquired
her M.A. And PhD.
Ethel Carr Watson - ANS-Teacher for greater than 30 years then started out a career in
dramatics. During the considerable March for Women's Suffrage, Ms. Watson confided that
her circle of relatives informed her not to march, however changed into compelled to defy the
order because she turned into decided on to maintain the banner seeing that she turned into
the tallest.
Ethel Cuff Black - ANS-The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black trainer in
Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
Florence Letcher Toms - ANS-Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to mother and father
at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US Presidents
along with William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy. Ms. Toms gathered elephants, which has
come to be a interest to Delta's all around the world.
Fredrica Chase Dodd - ANS-First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member
of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter.
Jessie McGuire Dent - ANS-First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in
integrating the Galveston Public School System.
Jimmie Bugg Middleton - ANS-President and National Treasurer of National affiliation of
College Women; Dean of Girls on the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C.
She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to take part inside the March for Women's Suffrage.
Madree Penn White - ANS-Accomplished linguist who spoke German, French, Greek, and
Latin; designed ceremony for inducting Honorary Members; first girl of the campus paper,
The Howard University Journal.
