Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Orlando Alumnae Chapter
"Back to the Basics...Preserving Our Legacy"
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University. These students wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need. The first public act performed by the Delta Founders involved their participation in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 1913. Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in 1930.
| Osceola McCarthy Adams | Jimmie Bugg Middleton |
| Marguerite Young Alexander | Pauline Oberdorfer Minor |
| Winona Cargile Alexander | Vashti Turley Murphy |
| Ethel Cuff Black | Naomi Sewell Richardson |
| Bertha Pitts Campbell | Mamie Reddy Rose |
| Zephyer Chisom Carter | Eliza Pearl Shippen |
| Edna Brown Coleman | Florence Letcher Toms |
| Jessie McGuire Dent | Ethel Carr Watson |
| Frederica Chase Dodd | Wertie Blackwell Weaver |
| Myra Davis Hemmings | Madree Penn White |
| Olive Jones | Edith Motte Young |
The original artwork is a life sized painting on canvas created by artist Tarleton Blackwell. The original hangs in the National Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C.
For more information about our illustrious sisterhood, please visit the national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.