Delta Sigma Theta Study Guide.
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Founder who selected the delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and Directress of the
America Negro Theater.
Marguerite Young Alexander
Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter.
Winona Cargile Alexander
First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with
New York City and New York County charities.
Ethel Cuff Black
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY;
charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
Bertha Pitts Campbell
The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian of the class of
1908.
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for Alpha
Chapter.
Edna Brown Coleman
President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Jessie McGuire Dent
First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the
Galveston Public School System.
Fredrica Chase Dodd
First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member of the Dallas Alumnae
Chapter.
Myra Davis Hemmings
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.
Olive C. Jones
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C.
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean of
Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C.
She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage.
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
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.
Vashti Turley Murphy
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Founder who selected the delta mottoes; an acclaimed actress and Directress of the
America Negro Theater.
Marguerite Young Alexander
Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter.
Winona Cargile Alexander
First custodian (historian) of the Alpha Chapter; was the first Black social worker with
New York City and New York County charities.
Ethel Cuff Black
The first Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NY;
charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter.
Bertha Pitts Campbell
The only Black student enrolled at her school; was the valedictorian of the class of
1908.
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Born in El Paso, Texas; featured in the Crisis Magazine in 1913; reporter for Alpha
Chapter.
Edna Brown Coleman
President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Jessie McGuire Dent
First Corresponding secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating the
Galveston Public School System.
Fredrica Chase Dodd
First Sergeant-at-Arms of the Alpha Chapter; Charter member of the Dallas Alumnae
Chapter.
Myra Davis Hemmings
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.
Olive C. Jones
Accomplished pianist who taught school in Washington, D.C.
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
President and National Treasurer of National association of College Women; Dean of
Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, N.C.
She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage.
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
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.
Vashti Turley Murphy
