Delta Sigma Theta

How many founders are there?

22

When was Delta Sigma Theta founded

January 13, 1913

When did they perform their first PUBLIC act?

March 1913

When was DST incorporated?

1930

Founders 1-5

1) Winona Cargile Alexander

2) Madree Penn White

3) Wertie Blackwell Weaver

4) Vashti Turley Murphy

5) Ethel Cuff Black

What did the founders stand for?

public service sisterhood, scholarship

DST Probate chants

1. who are we my sisters and me , we are the soul stepping sorors of DST, we have tried to cross the sands, over into delta sigma theta land

2. 1 hundred and >>>> years ago 22 women had to go on a mission to make the world a lil greater and in 1913 founded Delta Sigma Theta (ooo-oop) public service and sister hood are for what our founders to stood, it carriers on until today because Delta Sigma Theta is the only way, it's not ZphiB, its not skee o wee, it's just ooo-ooo DST, Delta Sigma Theta, DST , Delta Sigma Theta , DST (breakit down) d e l t a s i g m a t h e t a, DST, d e l t a s i g m a t h e t a

3. Sorors minded by sisterhood join hands and stand where our founders stood on the campus of howard university founded delta sigma theta sorority 100 years ago it's centennial -al - al-al

4. DST. Ssoo (so hard to be a delta) Soo(so hard to be a delta ) Soo (so hard to be a) DST

5.

What are DST colors and symbol?

Crimson and Cream

Elephant

Founders 16-22

1) Mamie Reddy Rose

2) Bertha Pitts Campbell

3) Florence Letcher Toms

4) Olive Jones

5) Jessie McGuire Dent

6) Jimmie Bugg Middleton

7) Ethel Carr Watson

Founders 11-15

1) Marguerite Young Alexander

2) Naomi Sewell Richardson

3) Eliza P. Shippen

4) Zaphyr Chisom Carter

5) Myra Davis Hemmings

1st President

Sadie T.M. Alexander*

1919-1923

2nd President

Dorothy Pelham Beckley*

1923-1926

3rd President

Ethel LaMay Calimese*

1926-1929

4th president

Anna Johnson Julian*

1929-1931

5th president

Gladys Byram Shepperd*

1931-1933

6th president

Jeannette Triplett Jones*

1933-1935

7th president

Vivian Osborne Marsh*

1935-1939

8th president

Elsie Austin*

1939-1944

9th president

Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams*

1944-1967

10th president

Dorothy I. Height*

1947-1956

11th president

Dorothy P. Harrison*

1956-1958

12th president

Jeanne L. Noble*

1958-1963

13th president

Geraldine P. Woods*

1963-1967

14th president

Frankie M. Freeman

1967-1971

15th president

Lillian Pierce Benbow*

1971-1975

16th president

Themla Thomas Daley

1975-1979

17th president

Mona Humphries Bailey

1979-1983

18th president

Hortense Golden Canady*

1983-1988

19th president

Yvonne Kennedy*

1988-1992

20th president

Bertha M Roddey

1992-1996

21st president

Marcia L. Fudge

1996-2000

22nd president

Gwendoyln E. Boyd

2000-2004

23rd president

Louise A. Rice

2004-2008

24th president

Cynthia M.A. Butler-Mclntyre

2008-2013

National President

Dr. Paulette C. Walker

National First President

Beverly Evans Smith

National Second President

Taylor McCain

National Secretary

Cheryl A. Hickmon

National Treasurer

Deborah A. Jones-Buggs

Founders 6-10

1) Frederica Chase Dodd

2) Osceola Macarthy Adams

3) Pauline Oberdorfer Minor

4) Edna Brown Coleman

5) Edith Motte Young

Mission Statement

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is an organization of college educated women committed to constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.