& Answers
Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander (1919-1923) *1*
(4 yrs) - ANSWERS*from Philadelphia; first woman to receive a PHD in econ; first
woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, and helped establish the national bar
association;charter member of the Gamma Chapter*
-1st National Convention created
-authorized graduate chapters (New York City and Washington DC)
-Grand Chapter created
-May Week adopted
-Established Sinking Fund, Housing Fund, College Tuition Fund, Scholarship Fund
-Kappa Chapter was established at the University of California
(Gabrielle) Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926) *2*
(3 yrs) - ANSWERS*from DC and was a teacher*
-Introduced the use of printed forms for reports, applications, and other formal
documents.
-The Delta Sigma Theta Bulletin was published.
-Delta Hymn adopted (music-Florence Cole Talbert, words-Alice Dunbar Nelson)
-Regional conferences were approved
-new nomenclature system and Established
-Omega Omega as a memorial chapter
-Jabberwok was introduced by the Iota chapter during her presidency
-Emphasis on International Development
Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929) *3*
(3 yrs) - ANSWERS-fell ill in the 2nd year of her presidency
-Biennial Conventions approved (2 yrs)
-National Vigilance Committee approve(established to keep in touch with the political
and civic activities that affected the Negro race.
-election of Regional Directors began
Dr. Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931) *4*
, (2 yrs) - ANSWERS*from Maryland but sent to High School in Philadelphia; first African
American woman to receive a PhD in sociology from University of Pennsylvania*
-Offices of Grand Secretary & Grand Treasurer bonded
-Work of Vigilance Committee continued
-Grand Chapter incorporated under DC laws (January 20 1930)
-creation of the Jubilee Year (1930-reevaluated the values of the organization by
allowing inactive members to be rededicated)
-National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed
-Received first Phi Beta Kappa key ever given to a Negro by the University of
Pennsylvania
Gladys Byram Shepperd (1931-1933) *5*
(2 yrs) - ANSWERS*from Memphis; Author ("Mary Church Terrell: Respectable
Person")*
-First formal Delta Directory published
-National Boards component of organizational structure created
-Central Region established
-compromise for the inclusion of "B" rated schools=have 7 years to become "A" schools
Dr. Jeanette Triplett Jones (1933-1935) *6*
(2 yrs) - ANSWERS**PhD from UChicago and was a teacher in the area*
-First National Handbook
-National Headquarters was established
-Office of Executive Secretary was created (Edna Johnson)
-Award the Silver Loving Cup
-Revised printed released of the National Constitution
-Membership grew
Vivian Osborne Marsh (1935-1939) *7*
(4 yrs) - ANSWERS-Library Project was initiated under her presidency
-Revision of Sorority Ritual
-Study of purchase of a National Headquarters building
-decided to become actively involved in the civil rights movement by working with Walter
White to lobby for the anti-lynching bill
-appointed as state supervisor in the Negro Affairs Division of the National Youth
Administration--Program under the New Deal
Dr Helen Elsie Austin (1939-1944) *8*
(5 yrs) - ANSWERS**first black woman to graduate from University of Cincinnati's
College of Law; first Black woman to serve as assistant attorney general of the state of
Ohio**
-created a procedure so the treasurer would receive payment of fees and other monies
directly
-proposed the job analysis project (1. looked into new job opportunities open to white
women but not black women, 2. help secure positions for black women that were open
to them, 3. make working conditions better for domestic workers)