AKA FOUNDERS

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

Originator and "guiding light" of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Beulah Elizabeth Burke

Created organization name, motto & colors

Anna Easter Brown

first treasurer of alpha chapter

Lillie Burke

co-creator of the motto

Lavinia Norman

first constitution and bylaws committe

Lucy Diggs Slowe

first president; constitution and bylaws committee chair; first black female dean (at HOWARD) > dormitory named after her

Majorie Hill

first ivy beyond the wall (died in 1909)

Margaret Flagg Holmes

first constitution and bylaws committee; wrote "our founders in retrospect- by one of them"

Marie Wolfolk Taylor

spokesperson for initial presentation to administration; first constitution and bylaws committee

Carrie E. Snowden

sophomore founder

Harriet Josephine Terry

sophomore founder; elect president of Alpha Chapter; author of "Hail Alpha Kappa Alpha" (initiation hymn)

Alice P. Murray

sophomore founder

Norma Elizabeth Boyd

sophomore founder; incorporator (MAIN); (last surviving founder)

Joanna Berry Shields

sophomore founder; had six children (related to Norma Boyd)

Ethel Jones Mowbray

sophomore founder; member of first Directorate; president of alpha chapter 1910

Sarah Meriweather Nutter

sophomore founder

Nellie May Quander

President 1911-1912 and incorporator (MAIN)

Nellie Pratt Russell

incorporator

Minnie Beatrice Smith

incorporator

Julia E. Brooks

incorporator