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FOUNDERS
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University.
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Marguerite Young Alexander
Winona Cargile Alexander*
Ethel Cuff Black*
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Edna Brown Coleman
Jessie McGuire Dent
Frederica Chase Dodd*
Myra Davis Hemmings*
Olive Claire Jones
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor*
Vashti Turley Murphy
Naomi Sewell Richardson
Mamie Reddy Rose
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Florence Letcher Toms
Ethel Carr Watson
Wertie Blackwell Weaver
Madree Penn White
Edith Motte Young
* denotes founding officers of the Alpha Chapter
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