D.A.T. Study Guide Questions And
Answers Chapter 3
Who designed the Sorority Pin of Delta Sigma Theta? - Answer - Founder Madree Penn White.
What Greek letters are on the pin? - Answer - D S T (Delta, Sigma, Theta)
How many jewels are in the Sigma? - Answer - 9
What do the jewels on Sigma represent. - Answer - The Nine Cardinal Virtues
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues? - Answer - Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temprence
Which one of Delta Sigma Theta's presidents was the first black women to earn a Ph.D.? - Answer -
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Who was the last surviving founder? - Answer - Naomi Sewell Richardson (she died in 1993 in
Washingtonville, NY)
Who was the first founder to enter the Omega Omega chapter. - Answer - Mamie Reddy Rose (she died
on February 17, 1919)
Who served as the first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter? - Answer - Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Who was the only founder to earn a doctorate degree, and one of two never got married? - Answer -
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Which founder collected elephants? - Answer - Florence Letcher Toms
Answers Chapter 3
Who designed the Sorority Pin of Delta Sigma Theta? - Answer - Founder Madree Penn White.
What Greek letters are on the pin? - Answer - D S T (Delta, Sigma, Theta)
How many jewels are in the Sigma? - Answer - 9
What do the jewels on Sigma represent. - Answer - The Nine Cardinal Virtues
What are the Nine Cardinal Virtues? - Answer - Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity,
Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temprence
Which one of Delta Sigma Theta's presidents was the first black women to earn a Ph.D.? - Answer -
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Who was the last surviving founder? - Answer - Naomi Sewell Richardson (she died in 1993 in
Washingtonville, NY)
Who was the first founder to enter the Omega Omega chapter. - Answer - Mamie Reddy Rose (she died
on February 17, 1919)
Who served as the first treasurer of the Alpha Chapter? - Answer - Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Who was the only founder to earn a doctorate degree, and one of two never got married? - Answer -
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Which founder collected elephants? - Answer - Florence Letcher Toms
