Founders -

Question 1

The mortgage of Delta’s first headquarters building was burned

Answer 1

Dorothy Pinn Harrison

Question 2

Became a music teacher in Washington, DC

Answer 2

Olive Claire Jones

Question 3

The only Founder to receive a doctorate degree

Answer 3

Eliza Pearl Shippen

Question 4

Taught at Claflin College in Orangeburg, S. C.

Answer 4

Edith Motte Young

Question 5

First Sergeant-at-Arms of Alpha Chapter, Charter Member of Dallas Alumnae Chapter

Answer 5

Frederica Chase Dodd

Question 6

First Custodian (Historian) of Alpha Chapter, was first Black social worker with New York City and county charities

Answer 6

Winona Cargile Alexander

Question 7

Presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to parents at the John Wesley AME Zion Church in 1945; had interactions with multiple US presidents including William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy

Answer 7

Florence Letcher Toms

Question 8

Gifted singer and actress who harnessed her vocal powers and sang for TV shows

Answer 8

Zephyr Chisom Carter

Question 9

First Vice President of Alpha Chapter; first Black teacher in Richmond County, NW; charter member of the Queens Alumnae Chapter

Answer 9

Ethel Cuff Black

Question 10

Was from a small town in Belton, South Carolina

Answer 10

Mamie Reddy Rose

Question 11

Excellent musician and graduated as Valedictorian of the Teachers College

Answer 11

Pauline Oberdorfer Minor

Question 12

Helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the Women’s Suffrage March

Answer 12

Jimmie Bugg Middleton

Question 13

Designed the ceremony for inducting Honorary Members

Answer 13

Madree Penn White

Question 14

Last surviving Founder in 1993; the first Black graduate of Washingtonville High School; married a member of Alpha Phi Alpha

Answer 14

Naomi Sewell Richardson

Question 15

Born in Illinois; constant supporter of Alpha Chapter

Answer 15

Marguerite Young Alexander

Question 16

Born in Winfield, Kansas, and participated in the March on Washington in 1913 and 1981

Answer 16

Bertha Pitts Campbell

Question 17

President and valedictorian of her graduating class; married a Founder of Omega Psi Phi

Answer 17

Edna Brown Coleman

Question 18

Teacher for more than 30 years then began career in dramatics

Answer 18

Ethel Carr Watson

Question 19

First Corresponding Secretary of Alpha Chapter; instrumental in integrating Galveston Public School System

Answer 19

Jessie McGuire Dent

Question 20

Author of the novel “The Valley of the Poor” about poor Blacks in the South

Answer 20

Wertie Blackwell Weaver

Question 21

Served as Directress of the Harlem School of the Arts

Answer 21

Osceola McCarthy Adams

Question 22

First President of Alpha Chapter; was an active member of the NAACP and the National Council of Negro Women

Answer 22

Myra Davis Hemmings

Question 23

Graduated from the first public high school for Blacks in the US known as Dunbar H.S. in Washington, DC

Answer 23

Vashti Turley Murphy