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Howard University in 1913
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., was founded at Howard University on January 13, 1913, by 22 illustrious black women. Our founders knew that there was and would always be a need for black women to play an active role in the struggles concerning African-Americans and the need for community involvement. The founders also wanted to promote academic excellence, scholarship, and Christian values. In the past 89 years, the vision of our founders have withstood all odds and the vision is still being strengthened each day.
Today there are over 200,000 members in 850 chapters in the United States, Haiti, Liberia, the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, Germany, Korea and West Africa.
 | Osceola McCarthy Adams |
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| Marguerite Young Alexander |
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| Winona Cargile Alexander |
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| Ethel Cuff Black |
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| Bertha Pitts Campbell |
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| Zephyr Chisom Carter |
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| Edna Brown Coleman |
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| Jessie McGuire Dent |
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| Frederica Chase Dodd |
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| Myra Davis Hemmings |
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| Olive C. Jones |
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| Jimmie Bugg Middleton |
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| Pauline Oberdorfer Minor |
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| Vashti Turley Murphy |
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| Naomi Sewell Richardson |
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| Mamie Reddy Rose |
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| Eliza Pearl Shippen |
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| Florence Letcher Toms |
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| Ethel Carr Watson |
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| Wertie Blackwell Weaver |
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| Madree Penn White |
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| Edith Motte Young |
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| Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, PhD 1919-1923 |
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| G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley 1923-1926 |
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| Ethel Lamay Calimese 1926-1929 |
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| Anna R. Johnson Julian, PhD 1929-1931 |
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| Gladys Byram Shepperd 1931-1933 |
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| Jeannette Triplett Jones 1933-1935 |
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| Vivian Osborne Marsh 1935-1939 |
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| H. Elsie Austin, JD 1939-1944 |
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| Mae Wright Downs Allen Peck-Williams 1944-1947 |
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| Dorothy Irene Height, PhD 1947-1956 |
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| Dorothy Penman Harrison 1956-1958 |
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| Jeanne L. Noble, PhD 1958-1963 |
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| Geraldine Pittman Woods, PhD 1963-1967 |
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| Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq. 1967-1971 |
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| Lillian Pierce Benbow 1971-1975 |
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| Thelma Thomas Daley, EdD 1975-1979 |
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| Mona Humphries Bailey 1979-1983 |
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| Hortense Golden Canady 1983-1988 |
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| Yvonne Kennedy, PhD 1988-1992 |
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| Berta Maxwell-Roddy, PhD 1992-1996 |
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| Marcia L. Fudge 1996-2000 |
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| Gwendolyn E. Boyd 2000-2004 |
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| Louise A. Rice, PhD Present |
For more information on Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., please read In Search of Sisterhood by Soror Paula Giddings.
