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History of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 

First Row: Winona Cargile Alexander, Madree Penn White, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Vashti Turley Murphy, Ethel Cuff Black, Frederica Chase Dodd;

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Second Row: Osceola Macarthy Adama, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Edna Brown Coleman, Edith Mott Young, Marguerite Young Alexander, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Eliza P. Shippen;

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Third Row: Zephyr Chisom Carter, Myra Davis Hemmings, Mamie Reddy Rose, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Florence Letcher Toms, Olive C. Jones, Jessie McGuire Dent, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Ethel Carr Watson.

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The original artwork is a life sized painting on canvas created by artist Tarleton Blackwell. The original artwork hangs in the National Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C.  

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Information provided per www.deltasigmatheta.org

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.

 

Founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University, the Sorority is currently a sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominately Black college educated women. This includes over 900 chapters located in the United States, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea.

 

The major programs of the sorority are based upon the organization's Five Point Programmatic Thrust: 

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Economic Development  

Educational Development

International Awareness and Involvement

Physical and Mental Health

Political Awareness and Involvement

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For more information, visit our National Website at www.deltasigmatheta.org

This website is the sole property and responsibility of the Kappa Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a national service sorority, requires that its members exemplify and encourage high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards and that their actions exemplify the public and personal behaviors that reflect the ideals and principles espoused by the Sisterhood. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (“Delta”) has a zero – tolerance hazing policy. The policy expressly prohibits all acts and forms of hazing, before, during, and after the Membership Intake Process.

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