Delta Sigma Theta Founders and Their Achievements: A Study Guide, Exams of Study of Commodities

Download Delta Sigma Theta Founders and Their Achievements: A Study Guide and more Exams Study of Commodities in PDF only on Docsity! Delta Sigma Theta Study Guide Exam Questions with Verified Solution. 1. Osceola McCarthy Adams - ANS Founder who selected the delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and Directress of the America Negro Theater. 2. Marguerite Young Alexander - ANS Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter. 3. Winona Cargill Alexander - ANS First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with New York City and New York County charities. 4. Ethel Cuff Black - ANS The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter. 5. Bertha Pitts Campbell - ANS The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian of the class of 1908. 6. Zephyr Chisolm Carter - ANS Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for Alpha Chapter. 7. Edna Brown Coleman - ANS President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. 8. Jessie McGuire Dent - ANS First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the Galveston Public School System. 9. Frederica Chase Dodd - ANS First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member of the Dallas Alumnae Chapter. 10.Myra Davis Hemming’s - ANS 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. 11.Olive C. Jones - ANS Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C. P a g e 1 | 5 12.Jimmie Bug Middleton - ANS President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean of Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C. 13.She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage. 14.Pauline Oberdorfer Minor - ANS She was the Alpha's Chapter first Treasurer. ; Author of "Get off the Judgment Seat." In 1914, she graduated valedictorian of the Teacher's College. 15.Vast Turley Murphy - ANS Mother of five daughters, four of whom became Deltas; member of the Baltimore Branch of the National Association of College Women. In 1908, she was appointed to teach in Washington D.C. public schools. 16.Naomi Sewell Richardson - ANS Last surviving founder when she died in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha. 17.Mamie Reddy Rose - ANS First of the Founders. To enter into the Omega Chapter on Feb. 17, 1919. Of all the other founding members, Ms. Rose got married and became a homemaker. 18.Eliza Pearl Shipped - ANS graduated magna cum laude from Howard University; received her M.A. and PhD. 19.Florence Letcher Toms - ANS 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. Ms. Toms collected elephants, which has become a hobby to Delta's all over the world. 20.Ethel Carr Watson - ANS Teacher for more than 30 years then began a career in dramatics. During the significant March for Women's Suffrage, Ms. Watson confided that her family told her not to march, but was forced to defy the order because she was selected to hold the banner since she was the tallest. 21.Write Blackwell Weaver - ANS Author of the novel entitled "The Valley of the Poor." Her book focused on racism and poverty in the South. P a g e 2 | 5