Founders

Osceola Macarthy Adam's

Served as Directress at the Harlem School of Arts

Marguerite Young Alexander

Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter.

Winona Cargile Alexander

First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with New York City and New York County charities.

Ethel Cuff Black

The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.

Bertha Pitts Campbell

Born in Winfield, Kansas, and participated in the March on Washington in 1913 and 1981

Zephyr Chisom Carter

Gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows.

Edna Brown Coleman

President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Jessie McGuire Dent

First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the Galveston Public School System.

Frederica Chase Dodd

First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter.

Myra Davis Hemmings

First President of the Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women. She went from being President of Alpha Kappa Alpha to being president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Olive Claire Jones

Became a music teacher in the Washington D.C public school system

Jimmie Bugg Middleton

Helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for Women's Suffrage

Pauline Oberdorfer Minor

Excellent musician and graduated as Valedictorian of the Teachers College.

Vashti Turley Murphy

Graduated from the first public high school for blacks in the US known as Dunbar HS in Washington DC

Naomi Swell Richardson

Last Surviving Founder

Mamie Reddy Rose

From a small town of Belton, South Carolina, First of the Founders to enter into the Omega Omega Chapter

Eliza Pearl Shippen

Only Founder to receive a Doctorate degree

Florence Letcher Toms

Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US Presidents including William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy. collected elephants

Ethel Carr Watson

Teacher for more than 30 years then began a career in dramatics.

Wertie Blackwell Weaver

Author of the novel "The Valley of the Poor" about poor Blacks in the South

Madree Penn White

Designed ceremony for inducting honorary member and sorority pin

Edith Motte Young

Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, SC