Our 22 Illustrious Founders

​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 Mott Young
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Sorority History

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is a, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.

Founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University, the Sorority is currently a sisterhood of more than 200,000 predominately Black college educated women.

This includes over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Republic of Korea.

The major programs of the sorority are based upon the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:​

• Economic Development
• Physical and Mental Health
• Educational Development
• Political Awareness and Involvement
• International Awareness and Involvement

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For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.