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What date was Delta Sigma Theta founded? ✔✔January 13, 1913
Delta Sigma Theta is dedicated to sisterhood, scholarship, and service. ✔✔True
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated February 30, 1930. ✔✔True
Where was Delta Sigma Theta founded? ✔✔Howard University
Delta Sigma Theta is a part of the ✔✔National Pan-Hellenic Council
Delta Sigma Theta only has regions in the United States. ✔✔False
How many collegiate women founded Delta Sigma Theta? ✔✔ 22
The motto of Delta Sigma Theta is "Intelligence is the Torch of ..." ✔✔Wisdom
Delta Sigma Theta was founded by students who had earlier been initiated into... ✔✔Alpha Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta felt Alpha Kappa Alpha was solely a female derivative of Alpha Phi Alpha with no individual meaning.. ✔✔True
Who was named the 1st president of Delta Sigma Theta's Alpha Chapter? ✔✔Myra Davis Hemmings
The collegiate founders sought to move towards social activism and greater public service, rather than social activities. ✔✔True
Less than 2 months after the sorority's founding, Delta Sigma Theta women began their political activism by participating in the historic 1913... ✔✔Women's Suffrage March
The sorority expanded with a 2nd chapter, Beta Chapter, established at ________ February 5,
- ✔✔Wilberforce University
The purpose of May Week is... ✔✔To emphasize the importance of higher education in the community, especially for black women
Soror ______ was the 1st black woman member of the U.S. Congress, the first African American and 1st woman to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of the United States ✔✔Shirley Chisholm
Soror _____ at age 26 became the 1st black woman neurosurgeon in the United States. She specializes in pediatric nuerosurgery ✔✔Alexa Canady
Delta Sigma Theta official colors ✔✔Crimson and cream
What is the official flower of Delta Sigma Theta? ✔✔African Violet
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the 1st and one of only 3 African American organizations with the NGO special consultative status with the United Nations ✔✔True
Delta Sigma Theta offers affordable apartments for senior housing in the northeast area of Washington, D.C. The names of these homes are... ✔✔Delta Towers I
Delta Towers II
_______ is for girls (ages 11 - 14) who demonstrate the potential for success, but may not have support systems or access to financial resources. Participants are exposed to math, science, technology, and non-traditional careers. Sessions may also include service learning activities, field trips and book clubs. ✔✔Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
______ was designed to help sorority members and local communities to attain personal wealth and financial security. It was established as a result of increasing unemployment, Social Security debts, and the widening gap between wealth and poverty ✔✔Financial Fortitude
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit organization ✔✔True
_____ is an outgrowth and continuation of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy Program. It was created to assist in facilitating the dreams and goals of at risk, adolescent African American girls, aged 14-18 ✔✔Delta GEMS
Founder ✔✔Winona Alexander
Founder ✔✔Marguerite Young Alexander
Founder ✔✔Naomi Richardson
Founder ✔✔Eliza Shippen
Founder ✔✔Zephyr Carter
Founder ✔✔Myra Davis Hemmings
Founder ✔✔Mamie Reddy Rose
Founder ✔✔Bertha Pitts Campbell
Founder ✔✔Florence Letcher Toms
Founder ✔✔Olive Jones
Founder ✔✔Jessie Dent
Founder ✔✔Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Founder ✔✔Ethel Carr Watson
Vivian Osborne Marsh ✔✔7th National President
Revision of Sorority Ritual
National Library Project authorized
Study of purchase of a National Headquarters building
H. Elsie Austin ✔✔8th National President
First black woman to graduate University of Cincinnati Law School
JOB ANALYSIS endorsed as a national project
U.S Government War Bonds
Victory Book Drive
What does the The Sorority Pin represent? ✔✔Founder Madree Penn White
Compromise of three Greek Letters: Delta, Sigma, & Theta
What does The Fortitude Pin represent? ✔✔A tribute to the founders
The Sorority Flower ✔✔African Violet
Pyramid Flower ✔✔Peppermint Carnation
Sorority Colors ✔✔Crimson and Cream
Pyramid Colors ✔✔White and Red
Sorority Stone ✔✔Pearl
Sorority Emblem ✔✔Goddess Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom
Public Motto ✔✔Intelligence is the Torch of Wisdom
Sorority Vow ✔✔Membership in Delta Sigma Theta is a LIFETIME COMMITMENT
What color candle represents the Fundamental's Principle? ✔✔White
What color candle represents the Torch of Wisdom ✔✔Red
Rap Order ✔✔One Rap: Attention, Be Seated, End of Ceremony
Two Rap: Affirm the Sacred Vow; Affirm the Sacred Trust
Three Raps: Sorors Stand
3 Committees ✔✔Nominating Committee
Finance Committee
Scholarship & Standards Committee
