National Presidents

Question 1

1st National President

Answer 1

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919-1923)
-1st National Convention(Alpha, Gamma, Epsilon)
- Graduate Chapters now called Alumnae
-Housing Fund
-Sinking Fund
-Scholarship Fund
-College Tuition Fund
-Initiated May Week

Question 2

2nd National President

Answer 2

G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926)
-Delta Hymn was adopted
- Regional Conferences were approved
- Omega Omega was established
-Jabberwock adopted (Iota Chapter)

Question 3

3rd National President

Answer 3

Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929)

-Biennial Conventions approved
-National Vigilance Committee was established

Question 4

4th National President

Answer 4

Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931)
-NPHC est under her
-Grand Chapter Incorporated(1930)
-Jubilee Year est

Question 5

5th National President

Answer 5

Gladys Byram Sheperrd(1931-1933)
-Author
-Central Region est
-Delta Directory Published

Question 6

6th National President

Answer 6

Jeanette Tripplett Jones (1933-1935)
-First National Handbook
-National Headquarters Est
-Office of Executive secretary created

Question 7

7th National President

Answer 7

Vivian Osborn Marsh, 1935-1939
-She made the decision to become actively involved in the civil rights movement
-Revision of the sorority’s rituals
-National Library authorized

Question 8

8th National President

Answer 8

Helen Elsie Austin, 1939-1944
-She Created the Office of Undergraduate Coordinator (Later known as the National 2ndVice President)
-Decision to meet annually

Question 9

9th National President

Answer 9

Mae Wright Peck Williams, 1944-1947
-1. She focused on voting and equal rights for women and minorities and fair employment practices.
2. She emphasized education.
3. During her tenure, she purchased three ambulances and war bonds

Question 10

10th National President

Answer 10

Dorothy Height (1947- 1956)

-Purchased the National Headquarters building
- Graduate Chapters to be known as Alumnae
-Delta 5 point project
-1st AA org to hold convention in a major hotel (NYC)

Question 11

11th National President

Answer 11

Dorothy Penman Harrison (1956-1958)

-Est Delta Newsletter
-Burn the Mortgage on the National Headquarters

Question 12

12th National President

Answer 12

Jeanne Laveta Noble (1958-1963)

• Tenured Prof at NYU
  -One of Two of the youngest to be elected as National President
  -Golden Anniversary of DST established
  -Theme- Less social and more social action

Question 13

13th National President

Answer 13

Geraldine Pittman Woods (1963-1967)
-Delta Teen Lift was established
-DREF was established 1967
-National Headquarters mortgage fully paid
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Question 14

14th National President

Answer 14

Frankie Muse Freeman (1967-1971)
-She was the First Woman appointed to the U.S. Commissionon Civil Rights by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Enhanced public service

Question 15

15th National President

Answer 15

Lillian Benbow (1971-1975)
-She established the National Commission on Arts & Letters
-She implemented the Delta Right to Read Project
“When I look at you, I see myself. If my eyes are unable to see you as my sister, then it is b/c my own vision is blurred. And if that be so, it is I who need you either because I do not understand who you are, my sister, or because I need you to help me understand who I am.”

Question 16

16th National President

Answer 16

Thelma Thomas Daley (1975-1979)
-She Commissioned the Sculpture, Fortitude, on Howard University Campus

Question 17

17th National President

Answer 17

Mona Humphries Bailey (1979-1983)