HISTORY
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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,
Mammie Reddy Rose, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree Penn White, Edith Motte Young
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Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd, Myra Davis Hemmings, Olive Claire Jones, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Vashti Turley Murphy, Naomi Sewell Richardson,
Mammie Reddy Rose, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree Penn White, Edith Motte Young
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated is an organization of college educated women committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a primary focus on the Black community.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.
Since its founding more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood
of predominantly Black, college educated women. The sorority currently has 1,000 collegiate and
alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany,
the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.
The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:
Economic Development
Educational Development
International Awareness and Involvement
Physical and Mental Health
Political Awareness and Involvement
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.
Since its founding more than 300,000 women have joined the organization. The organization is a sisterhood
of predominantly Black, college educated women. The sorority currently has 1,000 collegiate and
alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany,
the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.
The major programs of the Sorority are based upon the organization’s Five-Point Programmatic Thrust:
Economic Development
Educational Development
International Awareness and Involvement
Physical and Mental Health
Political Awareness and Involvement
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
Chapter History
Originally chartered in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 14, 1925 as Chi Chapter, the Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter was restructured as a graduate chapter on September 29, 1977. The Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter now has a mailing list of over 600 members and continues to grow and prosper.
Charter Members
Jeanette Summers Cary
Bernice Copeland Lindsay
Dr. Ida Mae Miller
Frieda Campbell Parker
Lucille Stokes
Mary Stokes
First initiates
The first initiates were inducted December 1925, they were:
Lucy Bell Dupee
Dora Hodge
Nancy Corley Powell
Establishing a legacy
The Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter was instrumental in the establishment of the following undergraduate chapters:
Gamma Nu at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana in 1947
Delta Phi at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana in 1953
Zeta Theta at Purdue University in west Lafayette, Indiana in 1968
Zeta Nu at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1969