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25 Cards in this Set
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1RST PRESIDENT - SADIE TANNER MOSSELL ALEXANDER
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1919-1923
FIRST BLACK TO BE AWARDED PH.D ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF GRAND PRESIDENT 4X ESTABLISHED MAY WEEK & GRAD CHAPTERS (1920) |
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2ND PRESIDENT - G. DOROTHY PELHAM BECKLEY
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1923-1926
JABBERWOCK (IOTA CHAPTER) ADOPTED (1925) ESTABLISHED OMEGA OMEGA AS THE MEMORIAL CHAPTER |
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3RD PRESIDENT - ETHEL LaMAY CALIMESE
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1926-1929
BIENNIAL CONVENTIONS APPROVED NATIONAL VIGILANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED (To keep in touch w/ politics & civic activities of the country) |
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4TH PRESIDENT - ANNA JOHNSON JULIAN
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1929-1931
GRAND CHAPTER INCORP. UNDER D.C LAWS, 1930 JUBILEE (Delta's to rededicate themselves to the sorority) NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL FORMED - TREASURER |
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5TH PRESIDENT - GLADYS BYRAM SHEPPARD
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1931-1933
AUTHOR FIRST FORMAL DELTA DIRECTORY PUBLISHED NATL BOARDS AS ORG. STRUCTURE CREATED CENTRAL REGION ESTABLISHED - O.K.I.M |
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6TH PRESIDENT - JENNIFER TRIPLETT JONES
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1933-1935
S.H.H : Silver loving cup, handbook, Headquarters FIRST NATL HANDBOOK AWARDED THE SILVER CUP NATL HQ ESTABLISHED OFFICE OF EXEC. SECRETARY CREATED |
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7th PRESIDENT - VIVIAN OSBORNE MARSH
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1935-1939
Actively involved in Civil Rights Movement (1938) Revised Rit National Library Project |
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8TH PRESIDENT - ELSIE AUSTIN
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1939-1944
Undergrad Coordinator - 2nd Nat. V.P Job Analysis - Investigation of job opps. 4 negro women Victory Book Drive - Books for servicemen |
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9TH PRSIDENT - MAE WRIGHT DOWNS PECK WILLIAMS
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1944-1947 - Love & War
War bonds & Ambulance, $2000 Equal voting rights for Women & Minorities |
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10TH PRESIDENT - DOROTHY I. HEIGHT
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1947-1956
5pt. Project Purchased Nat. HQ - (Pat Roberts Harris first executive director) Graduate Chapters - Alumnae Chapters |
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11TH PRESIDENT - DOROTHY P. HARRISON
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1956-1958
Burned mortgage on 1rst. HQ First XMAS Party (December 1957) Little Rock Nine = opps. for education 1rst DST Newsletter |
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12th PRESIDENT- JEANNE L. NOBLE
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1958-1963 Kennedy, Johnson Nixon
First Black woman to tenure at NYU Social Action Commission 2nd March on Washington 8/28/1963 |
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13TH PRESIDENT- GARALDINE P. WOODS
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1963-1967
Delta Teen Lift (1963) D.R.E.F - Delta Research Education Foundation (1967) Mortgage of Nat. HQ paid (1966) |
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14TH PRESIDENT - FRANKIE M. FREEMAN
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1967-1971
Project D.S.T - Discover. Scholastic. Talent First black woman to serve on Civil Rights Commission |
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15th PRESIDENT - LILLIAN PIERCE BENBOW
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1971-1975
D.S.T = Direct Search for Talent Delta's Right to Read Project - helped young adults 16+ to improve reading skills Roses & Revolutions |
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16TH PRESIDENT - THELMA THOMAS DELAY
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1975-1979
Sculpture of Fortitude (1979) Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair Re-Affirmed 5pt. Program LDC = Life Development Centers |
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17TH PRESIDENT - MONA HUMPHRIES BAILEY
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1979-1983
Summit I - Black Women's Summit - A call to Action in Support of Black Women. |
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18TH PRESIDENT - HORTENSE GOLDEN CANADY
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1983-1988
Summitt II - Call to action for support of Single Mothers |
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19TH PRESIDENT - YVONNE KENNEDY
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1988-1992
T.R.E - The Reclamation Era Every Delta in The House Project Cherish |
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20TH PRESIDENT - BERTHA M. RODDEY
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1992-1996 - HHRCC
HH - Habitat for Humanity - 22 Homes for founders Ritual & Ceremonies Commission |
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21ST. PRESIDENT - MARCIA L. FUDGE
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1996-2000
Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy - 14-18yrs Summit 5 - Health & Healing Social Action & Social Justice Voter Rights |
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22ND PRESIDENT - GWENDOLYN E. BOYD
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2000-2004
$1 Million Endowment Scholarship to HU Delta Days at the United Nations |
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23RD PRESIDENT - LOUISE A. RICE
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2004-2008
Economic Thrust: The Financial Fortitude : Smart. Women. Finish. Rich The Delta Challenge: Home ownership initiative |
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24TH PRESIDENT - CYNTHIA M.A BUTLER-McINTYRE
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2008-2013
PREVIOUS NATIONAL PRESIDENT |
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CURRENT PRESIDENT DR. PAULETTE WALKER
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CURRENT NATIONAL PRESIDENT
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