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[[Image:DeltaSigmaTheta.svg|150px|thumb|Crest of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated]]
[[Image:DeltaSigmaTheta.svg|150px|thumb|Crest of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated]]
Below is the '''list of Delta Sigma Theta sisters''' (commonly referred to as ''Deltas''). [[Delta Sigma Theta]] Sorority, Incorporated (ΔΣΘ) was founded on [[January 13]], [[1913]], at [[Howard University]].<ref name=history>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 Delta Sigma Theta History]. Retrieved on [[December 13]], [[2007]].</ref> '''Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated''' was first incorporated in Washington, D.C. on [[February 9]], [[1913]].<ref>[http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=6349 District of Columbia Organization Information]. dcra.dc.gov. Retrieved on [[October 9]], [[2007]].</ref> In 1930, the organization's Grand Chapter was nationally incorporated.<ref name=history/> The [[nomenclature]] of graduate chapters consist of the city's and the word "[[alumnae]]" annexed to the city's name.<ref>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48 Frequently Asked Questions]. Retrieved on [[December 20]], [[2007]].</ref>
Below is the '''list of Delta Sigma Theta sisters''' (commonly referred to as ''Deltas''). [[Delta Sigma Theta]] Sorority, Incorporated (ΔΣΘ) was founded on [[January 13]], [[1913]], at [[Howard University]].<ref name=history>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26 Delta Sigma Theta History]. Retrieved on [[December 13]], [[2007]].</ref> '''Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated''' was first incorporated in Washington, D.C. on [[February 9]], [[1913]].<ref>[http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=6349 District of Columbia Organization Information]. dcra.dc.gov. Retrieved on [[October 9]], [[2007]].</ref> In 1930, the organization's Grand Chapter was nationally incorporated.<ref name=history/> The [[nomenclature]] of graduate chapters consist of the city's and the word "[[alumnae]]" annexed to the city's name.<ref>[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48 Frequently Asked Questions]. Retrieved on [[December 20]], [[2007]].</ref>
=="Delta Girl"==
=="Delta Girl"== "Delta Girl is a poem written by honorary member [[Mary McLeod Bethune]]. {| class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:white; color:black; width:25em; max-width: 30%;" cellspacing="5" | style="text-align: left;" | <center><font color="DC143C">'''Delta Girl'''</font></center> <font color="DC143C">The Delta girl is one who has been given the opportunity of education and broad development: she is one who has enjoyed the privileges of culture and selected environment. It is pleasing to a heartfelt depth to see her not as self centered, not desirous of selfish power, not wanting the plaudits of people, not wanting glory- but with a purpose which directs her activities and all that she may control toward lifting somebody else.</font> |- | style="text-align: left;" | <font color="#DC143C">by [[Mary Bethune|<font color="#DC143C">Mary McLeod Bethune</font>]]</font><ref name="poem">{{cite web| url=http://www.gmu.edu/org/delta/poems.html|t
"Delta Girl is a poem written by honorary member [[Mary McLeod Bethune]].
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<center><font color="DC143C">'''Delta Girl'''</font></center>

<font color="DC143C">The Delta girl is one who has been given the opportunity of education and broad development: she is one who has enjoyed the privileges of culture and selected environment.

It is pleasing to a heartfelt depth to see her not as self centered, not desirous of selfish power, not wanting the plaudits of people, not wanting glory- but with a purpose which directs her activities and all that she may control toward lifting somebody else.</font>
|-
| style="text-align: left;" | <font color="#DC143C">by [[Mary Bethune|<font color="#DC143C">Mary McLeod Bethune</font>]]</font><ref name="poem">{{cite web| url=http://www.gmu.edu/org/delta/poems.html|title=Delta Poems|publisher=Omicron Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated|accessdate=2007-12-14}}</ref>
|}

===Founders===
[[Image:Deltasigmathetafounders.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Twenty-two founders of Delta Sigma Theta]]
[[Image:osceolaadams.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Osceola Macarthy Adams]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Osceola Macarthy Adams]]
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota=Founder; noted actress
|ref=<ref name="history">[http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 Founders]. Retrieved on [[December 13]], [[2007]].</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Zephyr Chisom Carter
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Edith Motte Young
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Edna Brown Coleman
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Bertha Pitts Campbell
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Frederica Chase Dodd
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Myra Davis Hemmings]]
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder; actress in ''Go Down Death: The Story of Jesus and the Devil''
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Ethel Cuff Black]]
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Winona Cargile Alexander]]
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Marguerite Young Alexander
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Ethel Carr Watson
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Florence Letcher Toms
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Jimmie Bugg Middleton
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Jessie McGuire Dent
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Madree Penn White
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Wertie Blackwell Weaver
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Olive C. Jones
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Naomi Sewell Richardson
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Vashti Turley Murphy
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Eliza Pearl Shippen
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Mamie Reddy Rose
|chapter=Alpha
|nota=Founder
|ref=<ref name="history"/>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Presidents===
{{Delta Sigma Theta International Presidents}}

===Arts and entertainment===
====Actresses====
[[Image:Ruby Dee.jpg|90px|thumb|Ruby Dee Davis]]
[[Image:Cicely Tyson (1992).jpg|90px|thumb|Cicely Tyson]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Kim Coles]]
|chapter=Alpha Lambda
|nota=Actress on ''[[Living Single]]''; Comedian
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2007/03/28/kim-coles-look-whos-back |title=Kim Coles, Look Who's Back |publisher=BlackVoices |accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Ruby Dee Davis]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[United States|American]] [[Actress]], [[Poet]], [[Playwright]], [[Screenwriter]], [[Journalist]], and [[Activism|Activist]]. She won a Screen Actor's Guild Award for her acting in "American Gangster" with Denzel Washington.
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, op. cit., pp. 288-289.</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Suzzanne Douglass]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Actress on ''[[The Parent Hood]]''
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=Amber Efé
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota= Broadway actress; Co-star in "Legally Blonde: The Musical"; One of [[Ebony]] Magazine's "30 Leaders under 30" for 2008.
|ref=<ref name=efe>{{cite web |url=http://www.alphachapterdst.com/notables.html |title=Soror Spotlight |publisher=Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amberefe.com/home.htm |title=Amber Efé |accessdate=2998-08-09}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Aunjanue Ellis]]
|chapter=[[Tougaloo College|Gamma Psi]]
|nota=Actress in the movies [[Cover]], [[Undercover Brother]], [[Ray]].
|ref=<ref name=ellis> {{cite web |url=http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/Aunjanue_Ellis | title=Aunjanue Ellis | publisher= Tutor Gig Encyclopedia | accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Gloria Foster]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Theater]] actress and two time [[Obie Award]] winner for ''In White America'', and ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''; Played Sadie Delaney in "Having Our Say"
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Ellen Holly]]
|chapter= "Rho Chapter"
|nota=[[Soap Opera]] Actress [[Carla Grey|Clara "Carla" Hall]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[One Life to Live]]'', a role she played from 1968 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1985
|ref=<ref name="Soap Encyc">{{cite book | last=Schemering |first=Christopher |title=[[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia]] |pages=pp. 158-166 |year=1985 |month=September |edition=1st edition |publisher=Harper Collins |location=New York |isbn=0-345-32459-5}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember|name=[[Adrienne-Joi Johnson]] |chapter=[[Spelman College|Eta Kappa]]|nota=Actress in ''[[A Different World]]'', ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'', ''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]''; Fitness Trainer|ref=}}

{{FratMember|name=[[T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh]]
|chapter=[[Florida A&M University|Beta Alpha]]|nota=Comedian; Actress who's appeared on ''[[In Living Color]]'' and ''[[That's So Raven]]''|ref=<ref name="Keymáh">{{cite web |url=http://www.thebadst.com/chapterpage/betaalpha.html |title=BADST History |publisher=Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Novella Nelson
|chapter= "Rho Chapter"
|nota=Current plays Roland's mother on Lifetime's "[[Army Wives]]"; Singer and Actress; Created the role of “Aunt Missy” in the original Broadway production of "[[Purlie]]". Her films include "[[Antwone Fisher]]" and "[[Birth]]"
|ref=<ref name="Nelson">{{cite web |url=http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=1542 |title=Slavery, Literacy and Freedom |work=Live from the NYPL |publisher=[[New York Public Library]] |accessdate=2008-06-19}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Keshia Knight Pulliam]]
|chapter=[[Spelman College|Eta Kappa]]
|nota=[[Rudy Huxtable]] on ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
|ref=<ref name="rudy">{{cite journal |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_25_99/ai_75435022|title=Grown Up Grad - Keshia Knight Pulliam |journal=[[Jet (magazine)|JET]] |publisher=Johnson |date=2001-06-04 |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Theresa Merritt]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota= Actress known as a star of stage, screen and television. She starred on television in the family sitcom ''[[That's My Mama]]'' and in the memorable ''[[The Wiz]]''.
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Sheryl Lee Ralph]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Deidra "Dee" Mitchell on ''[[Moesha]]''; Humanitarian educating communities on HIV/AIDS awareness
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Kellie Shanygne Williams]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Laura Winslow on ''[[Family Matters (TV series)|Family Matters]]''
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Cicely Tyson]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Emmy]] award winning actress; notable for roles in ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]'' and ''[[Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]''
|ref=}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Sharon Warren]]
|chapter=[[Stillman College|Epsilon Eta]]
|nota=[[Ray Charles]]'s mother Aretha Robinson in ''[[Ray (film)]]''
|ref=<ref name="Warren">{{cite web |url=http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31695&page=4| date=2006-12-04|title=Delta's Stories of Triumph (pg. 4) |publisher=Greekchat.com |accessdate=2005-06-29}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Kym Whitley]]
|chapter=[[Fisk University|Alpha Beta]]
|nota=Actress on ''[[Married... with Children]]'', and ''[[Moesha]]''|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}

{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Artists and illustrators====
[[Image:Elizabeth Catlett.jpg|90px|thumb|Elizabeth Catlett]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Tina Allen
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Sculptress]] and [[Painting|Painter]]; Sculpted [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta">{{cite web |url=http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=90| title=Notable Deltas |publisher=Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |accessdate=2007-12-14}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Gwendolyn Bennett]]
|chapter=''Rho''
|nota= Versatile Artist, Poet & Prose Writer, and Teacher; She played an active role in the African-American arts community in Harlem. Served as director of the Harlem Community Art Center of the N.Y.C. WPA Art Project. Nurtured and fostered the talents of young African-American poets and artists of her time. One of the most revered poets of the New Negro Era (Harlem Renaissance). Her poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era--racial pride, rediscovery of Africa, celebration of blackness--or of personal statement, the romantic lyric. A frequent contributor to the famous Opportunity Magazine, which chronicled cultural advancements in Harlem. Also contributed to Fire! -- a literary magazine started by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Most well known for her shorty story, Wedding Day, which was published in Fire!
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Selma Burke]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=American Female artist who designed the profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the United States dime; Sculptress of [[U.S. President|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] portrait
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=[[Elizabeth Catlett]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Sculptress and [[printmaker]]; ''Mother and Child''
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Sharon Farmer
|chapter=[[Ohio State University|Epsilon]]
|nota=First AA female White House photographer; First AA Chief White House photographer; Former White House photographer for the Clinton administration.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exposuregroup.org/exposure-group-events/1999-awards/sharon-farmer-bio.html|title= Sharon Farmer, Photographer of the Year Award - 1999 |publisher=The Exposure Group|accessdate=2008-10-28}}</ref>}}

{{FratMember
|name=Varnette P. Honeywood
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Famous Painter known for her unique portrayals of Black culture in paintings exhibited in home settings of several popular televison shows, including "The Cosby Show".
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Authors====
[[Image:Alice Dunbar-Nelson.png|thumb|90px|Alice Dunbar-Nelson]]
[[Image:JessieFausetcropped.jpg|thumb|90px|Jessie Fauset]]
[[Image:Nikki Giovanni.jpg|thumb|90px|Nikki Giovanni]]

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{{FratMember
|name=Darlene Clark Hines
|chapter=
|nota=Historian; Author of ''Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890-1950''
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Harriette Cole]]
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]|
|nota=Current Creative Director for [[Ebony]] Magazine; Author ''How to Be: A Guide to Living with Grace and Integrity''; Image Consultant |ref=<ref name=efe/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Alice Dunbar-Nelson]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Poet]]; Wife of [[Paul Dunbar]]
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 72.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Paula Giddings]]
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]|
|nota=Author of ''When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America'' and ''In Search of Sisterhood''
|ref=<ref name="Giddings">{{cite web |url=http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1173 |title=Paula Giddings |publisher=PEN America Center |accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Nikki Giovanni]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Renowned Poet
|ref=<ref name ="Giovanni">{{cite web |url=http://nikki-giovanni.com/awardsnhonors.shtml |title=Awards and Honors |accessdate=2007-12-24 |last=Giovanni |first=Nikki |publisher=Nikki Giovanni}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Yolanda Joe
|chapter= Pi Alpha
|nota=Author of "Bebe's By Golly Wow!", "He Say, She Say" and "Falling Leaves of Ivy". A former newswriter at the CBS affiliate in Chicago
|ref=<ref name="Joe">{{cite web |url=http://www.vs-voice.com/pdf/Tampa%20Bay%20Times.pdf |format=PDF|title=Delta Authors on Tour |last=Wheatt |first=Dalia |publisher=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Lyda M. Merrick
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Editor and publisher of the Negro Braille Magazine.
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Ethel L. Payne]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota="First Lady of the Black Press", First Black woman journalist to cover international affairs; she was a [[columnist]], [[lecturer]], and free-lance writer
|ref=<ref name=nudelta>{{cite web |url=http://www2.selu.edu/orgs/DST/famoussororspage.html |title=Famous Delta Members |publisher=Nu Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-06-13}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Stephanie Perry Moore
|chapter=[[Auburn University|Kappa Upsilon]]
|nota=Christian fiction novelist; author of the "Payton Skyy" series.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auburn.edu/student_info/greeks/delta_sigma_theta/history_lineage.html |title=Our Lineage |publisher=Kappa Upsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stephanieperrymoore.com/page1.html | title=Vanessa Davis Griggs presents: A Chat with a Very Special Guest...Stephanie Perry Moore |publisher=Vanessa Davis Griggs |accessdate =2008-09-17}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Gwendolyn Pough
|chapter=[[William Paterson University|Theta Upsilon]]|
|nota= Author of “Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood, Hip-Hop Culture and the Public Sphere,”; Associate Professor - Writing Program & Department of Women’s Studies, Syracuse University
|ref=<ref name="H.E.R. Stories">{{cite web |url=http://www.easternregiondst.org/downloads/HERStoriesFall07Part1.pdf |format=PDF|title=Soror Gwendolyn D. Pough, Ph.D. releases new novel |publisher=Eastern Region - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Jessie Redmon Fauset]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Novelist during the [[Harlem Renaissance]]
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, ''op. cit.'', pp. 84.</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Dancers====
{{FratMemberStart}}
{{FratMember
|name=Mfon Akpan
|chapter=[[Stony Brook University|Pi Delta]]
|nota= Currently a member of the Step Afrika dance troupe. She began her training at the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center and had graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Apollo Theater, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Lincoln Center. Mfon has recently toured with the off-broadway show "Hoofin' 2 Hittin" where she was a featured stepper and dancer.
|ref=<ref name="afrika"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Judith Jamison]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota= American dancer and choreographer, best known as the Artistic Director of the [[Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater]]. Jamison's numerous awards include [[Kennedy Center Honors]] (1999) and the [[National Medal of Arts]] (2001). She won a prime time [[Emmy Award]] and an American Choreography Award for Outstanding Choreography for the [[PBS]] "Great Performances: Dance In America" special, "A Hymn for Alvin Ailey." She wrote an autobiography, "Dancing Spirit", published in 1993.
|ref=<ref name="eku"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Aseelah Shareef
|chapter=[[Florida State University|Kappa Epsilon]]
|nota= Currently a member of the Step Afrika dance troupe. She began her dance training at the Palm Beach County School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, FL. As a teenager, she studied in the prestigious Alvin Ailey Summer Dance Program; has trained at the Urban Bush Women Summer Institutes in Brooklyn, New York; and performed with Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre.
|ref=<ref name="afrika">[http://www.stepafrika.org/091207/company.htm About Step Africa]. Retrieved on [[March 24]], [[2008]].</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Miss America winners ====
[[Image:Ericka Dunlap.jpg|90px|thumb|Ericka Dunlap]]
{{FratMemberStart}}
{{FratMember
|name=Kimberly Clarice Aiken-Cockerham
|chapter=[[New York City|Epsilon Tau]]
|nota=[[Miss America]] in 1994
|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Ericka Dunlap]]
|chapter=[[University of Central Florida|Mu Iota]]
|nota=[[Miss America]] in 2004
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/2000/2004.aspx |title= Miss America 2004 - Ericka Dunlap |publisher = Miss America Organization | accessdate= 2007-12-14}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Pamela Michele McKelvy
|chapter=[[Grambling State University|Delta Iota]]
|nota=[[Miss Kansas]] in 1992 and 3rd Runner-Up to Miss America
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.blogger.com/profile/05792319817431210391 |title= Pam McKelvy |publisher = Blogger | accessdate= 2008-06-14}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Allison Bourne-Vanneck
|chapter=[[William & Mary|Mu Upsilon]]
|nota=Miss Virginia Islands in 2005
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wm.edu/so/deltasigmatheta/lineage.php |title= Mu Upsilon Lineage 1995 - 2007 | accessdate= 2008-06-14}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Staci Shands
|chapter=Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter
|nota=Ms. New York in 2006 - Ms. America International; the first Ms. Liberty America International 2007
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://newsblaze.com/story/20060707222312nnnn.nb/topstory.html |title= Staci Shands Crowned Ms. New York 2006 |publisher = News Blaze News | accessdate=2008-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/37035 |title = Staci Shands Wins Ms. Liberty America International 2007 | publisher= Icats Publicity | accessdate=2008-06-14}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Patricia Southall Lawrence-Smith
|chapter=[[James Madison University|Iota Alpha]]
|nota=Miss Virginia; 1st Runner-Up to Miss America; Philanthropist and entrepreneur; Wife of Emmitt Smith (Retired NFL All-Pro Running Back)|ref=}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Miss Deaf America====
{{FratMemberStart}}
{{FratMember
|name=Tyese Wright
|chapter=[[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]
|nota=Miss Deaf America from 2002-2004
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=www.nbda.org/spotlights/spotlight_wright.html |title = In the Spotlight - Tyese Wright,
Miss Deaf America 2002-2004 | publisher=National Black Deaf Advocates |accessdate = 2008-03-25}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

====Mrs. America====
{{FratMemberStart}}
{{FratMember
|name=Adrienne Watson Carver
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=Mrs. Maryland America 2007, Mrs. Maryland USA 2006; Top Ten Finalist in Mrs. America 2008
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adriennecarver.com/mrs2007.htm |title=Mrs. Maryland Makes, 'Queens' and Top 10 at Mrs. America! |publisher=adriennecarver.com |accessdate=2008-07-03}}</ref>}}


{{FratMember
|name=Tanya Hutchison
|chapter=[[Western Michigan University|Delta Upsilon]]
|nota=Mrs. California International 2005; First Winner of "She's Got the Look" Reality Modeling Show on the TV Land network; Former L.A. Raiders Cheerleader
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolemodelproductions.com/phenomenalwomen//index.cfm?page=book-pbeauty-author.htm |title=Phenomenal Beauty - About the Author |publisher=Phenomenal Women, Inc. |accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>}}
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====Miss USA winners====
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{{FratMember
|name=Stacey Nicole Lee
|chapter=Sigma
|nota=[[Miss Michigan]] in 2004
|ref=<ref name=nudelta/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Kalilah Allen-Harris
|chapter=[[University of Tennessee|Mu Zeta]]
|nota=Miss Black USA in 2007
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Kimberly Brown
|chapter=[[Alabama A & M University|Delta Delta]]
|nota=Miss Black California USA 2008
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.missblackusa.org/contestants/California.htm | title=Miss Black California USA 2008
| publisher=Miss Black USA Inc.| accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Tiffany Monique Lloyd
|chapter=[[Southern University|Alpha Tau]]
|nota=Miss Black Louisiana USA 2008
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| last=To The Democrat| first=Special|date=2007-12-23 |url=http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2007/dec/23/former-miss-asu-wins-again/ |title=Former Miss ASU wins again| publisher=The Natchez Democrat| accessdate=2008-06-05}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Shenita McConis
|chapter=[[Tennessee State University|Alpha Chi]]
|nota=Miss Black Kentucky USA 2008
|ref=<ref>[http://www.velocityweekly.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/VELOCITY01/806040433]</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Terysa Singleton
|chapter=[[Southern University|Alpha Tau]]
|nota=Miss Black Louisiana USA in 2007
|ref=<ref>[http://www.southerndivas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=46]</ref>}}
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====Singers and musicians====
[[Image:Nataliecole2007.jpg|90px|thumb|Natalie Cole]]
[[Image:Leontyneprice.jpeg|90px|thumb|Leontyne Price]]
[[Image:NancyWilson.JPG|90px|thumb|Nancy Wilson]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Harolyn Blackwell]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=[[Soprano]]; [[Opera]] singer
|ref=<ref>http://199.236.89.103/downloads/Convention06a.pdf. Pg. 10, photo #9. Retrieved on [[June 19]], [[2007]].</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Marcia Butler Holt
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=[[Jazz]] singer
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Shirley Caesar]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota= Known as the "First Lady of Gospel"; [[Gospel]] singer;
|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Florence Cole Talbert]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Opera]] singer; composer of the official "Delta Hymn"
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 86.</ref><ref>http://www.mainspringpress.com/blkswan.htm BLACK SWAN'S OTHER STARS. Retrieved on [[December 19]], [[2007]].</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Natalie Cole]]
|chapter= [[University of Southern California|Upsilon]]
|nota=Singer of "[[This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)]]"
|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Roberta Flack]]
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota=Singer of "[[Killing Me Softly with His Song]]"
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 110.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Aretha Franklin]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[R&B]] Singer of "[[Respect (song)|Respect]]"
|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Lena Horne]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Jazz]], [[Pop music|pop]], and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] singer
|ref=<ref name="famous"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dorothy Maynor
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Soprano; Opera Singer
|ref=<ref>http://www.dstchicago.com/Delta_History/_Notable_Deltas-1.htm.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Leontyne Price]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Soprano; Opera Singer; Awarded the United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson
|ref=<ref name="ebony"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Leslie Uggams]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Emmy and [[Tony Award]]-winning singer in ''[[Hallelujah, Baby!]]''; "Kizzy" in Alex Haley's ''Roots''
|ref=<ref name="ebony"/><ref>http://www.leslieuggams.com</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Nancy Wilson (singer)|Nancy Wilson]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Grammy Award]] winning [[blues]], [[jazz]], [[cabaret]] and [[pop music|pop]] singer
|ref=<ref name="eku">{{cite web|url=http://www.sororities.eku.edu/DeltaSigmaTheta/new_delta6.html |title=Famous Members |accessdate=2007-12-24 |publisher=Eta Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta }}</ref>}}
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====Television and radio====
[[Image:Charlayne Hunter-Gault.JPG|90px|thumb|Charlayne Hunter-Gault]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Mara Brock Akil]]
|chapter=[[Northwestern University|Theta Alpha]]
|nota=Television writer and producer. Creator of the TV Show ''[[Girlfriends]]'' and ''[[The Game (U.S. TV series)|The Game]]''.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/paramount_network/original/bio?id=605&bid=761&dpid=70 |title=CBS Paramount Network Television Shows / CBS Paramount Network Television / Bio - Mara Brock Akil |accessdate=2007-12-26 |publisher=[[CBS]] PressExpress. CBS Corporation}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Monique Braxton
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=Emmy-Nominated News Anchor at NBC-10 in Philadelphia; Former MSNBC anchor and correspondent.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/station/newsteam/Monique_Braxton.html| title= Bio - Monique Braxton |accessdate=2008-6-26 |publisher=[[NBC]]-10 NBC Corporation}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Erica Bryant
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=News Anchor at [[WSOC-TV]] in Charlotte, NC.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wsoctv.com/station/3382075/detail.html|title=Bio - Erica Bryant |accessdate=2008-2-18 |publisher=[[WSOC-TV]], Cox Enterprises Inc.}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Cheryl Burton]]
|chapter=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago Alumnae]]
|nota=Emmy Award Winning News Anchor at [[WLS-TV]] in Chicago.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771861|title=Meet the Team - Cheryl Burton |accessdate=2008-2-18 |publisher=[[WLS-TV]] ABC Corporation}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Kysa Daniels
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota= [[CNN Headline News]] overnight anchor.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://media.www.dailyhelmsman.com/media/storage/paper875/news/2001/03/02/News/Cnn-News.Anchor.Tells.How.To.Chart.Successful.Broadcast.Career.Course-1751970.shtml|title= CNN news anchor tells how to chart successful broadcast career course| first=Keri| last=Holt| date=2001-03-02| accessdate=2008-6-18 |publisher=The Daily Helsman Online}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Sara V. Finney-Johson
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=TV Producer, Writer, Former Co-Creator of "Moesha"
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/baa/baa/profiles/sara_finney.htm|title=Black Alumni Programs, Outstanding Alumni Female - Sara V. Finney | accessdate=2008-6-18 |publisher=[[USC]]}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Lesli Foster
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota=Emmy-Award Winning Reporter 9 Eyewitness News (CBS).
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=37271|title=Lesli Foster, Weeknight Anchor | accessdate=2008-2-18 |publisher=WUSA9-TV CBS News Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.alphachapterdst.com/lineage_1996.html| title=Lineage| publisher=Alpha Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.| accessdate=2008-2-18}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Triscina Grey
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota= Current Radio Disc Jockey for WHUR's 96.3.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://hucapstone.com/november/story4.html | title=WHUR's Triscina Grey receives NAACP Award| publisher=Howard University, Capstone Online| accessdate=2008-06-19}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Danita Harris
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=News Anchor at NewsChannel5 at 6pm anchor position in Cleveland; Former 1st Female and African-American host of "Academic Challenge"; Interviewed Oprah Winfrey.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newsnet5.com/whoswho/914271/detail.html |title=Who's Who - Danita Harris| publisher= Internet Broadcasting System Inc.| accessdate=2008-6-18}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=JC Haywood
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=News Anchor at WUSA9 in Washington DC; Vice President of Media Outreach; the 1st DC market female news anchor.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wusa9.com/company/bios/story.aspx?storyid=37268&catid=133 | title= JC Hayward - Noon Anchor & Vice President for Media Outreach | accessdate=2008-6-18 | publisher=WUSA9-TV CBS News Corporation}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Charlayne Hunter-Gault]]
|chapter= [[Wayne State University|Tau]]
|nota= Africa Bureau Chief for ''Essence'' Magazine; Journalist on [[CNN]]
|ref=<ref name="ebony">{{cite news | first=Marylin | last=Marshall | coauthors= | title=Delta Sigma Theta: sorority, founded at Howard University, stresses service, scholarship and the arts | date=February 1990 | publisher=Johnson Publishing| url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n4_v45/ai_8325355 | work =Ebony | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-24 | language = }}</ref><ref name="eku">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/taunotabledeltas |title=Famous Members |accessdate=2008-02-20 |publisher=Tau Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Allison Keyes
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=Award Winning Journalist and Reporter at NPR - National Public Radio's National Desk.
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100752 | title=Allison Keys:[[NPR]] Biography |publisher=[[NPR]] | accessdate=2008-6-18}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Jennifer Moss]]
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=Daybreak Anchor at Wood TV-8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/about_us/staff_bios/jennifer_moss | title= Jennifer Moss, Daybreak
Anchor | publisher=Wood TV-8 NBC Corporation | accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Jacque Reid]]
|chapter=[[New York City|New York Alumnae]]
|nota= Current News Contributor for ''[[The Tom Joyner Morning Show]]''; Former anchorwoman on ''[[BET Nightly News]]''; Former co-host of ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'' - radio show.
|ref=<ref name="jreid">[http://www.essence.com/essence/summit/bio_j_reid.html "Women Shaping the World: Jacque Reid"]. ''Essence''. Retrieved on [[December 24]], [[2007]].</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Robi Reed-Humes
|chapter=[[Hampton University|Gamma Iota]]
|nota= Emmy Award Winning Casting Director (''The Tuskegee Airmen'' & ''Malcolm X'') who has been a major contributor to the success of over 30 films, including eight with director Spike Lee (''Malcolm X''). TV credits include Bill Cosby's ''A Different World'' and LL Cool J's ''In the House''
|ref=<ref name="rreed">[http://www.southerndivas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=46 Famous Deltas]. Retrieved on [[February 22]], [[2008]].</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Shannon Royster
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=News Anchor at KSLA 12 TV in Louisiana.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=5600612 | title=Shannon Royster| publisher=KSLA12, CBS Corporation| accessdate=2008-6-18}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Tracie Strahan
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=WNBC News 4 Reporter in New York.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/station/newsteam/Tracie_Strahan.html| title= Tracie Strahan, Reporter| publisher= [[WNBC]] NBC Corporation |accessdate=2008-11-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Mary E. Vroman Harper Gibson
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=First black woman accepted into membership in the Screen Writer's Guild; Wrote "Shaped to its Purpose, Delta Sigma Theta, the First Fifty Years"
|ref=<ref>Mary E. Vroman, "Shaped to its Purpose, Delta Sigma Theta, the First Fifty Years", New York: Random House (1965).</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Lisa Washington
|chapter=[[Sigma]]
|nota=Morning and Noon Anchor at WHNT TV 19 in Huntsville, Alabama.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1344800&nav=menu108_6_5_2 | title=Anchor/Reporter - Lisa Washington| publisher=WHNT TV-19, CBS affiliate |accessdate=2008-06-18}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=April Wilson Woodard
|chapter=[[University of Virginia|Kappa Rho]]
|nota=Senior Reporter, INSIDE EDITION; Celebrity News Commentator; Former Miss Black USA; Former 2nd Runner-Up - Miss Virginia
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.insideedition.com/bio-april-woodard.aspx | title=About IE - Bios, April Woodward| publisher= Inside Edition Inc.| accessdate=2008-11-10}}</ref>}}
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===Civil rights===
[[Image:FannieLouHamer.jpg|90px|thumb|Fannie Lou Hamer]]
[[Image:Bethune42h.jpg|90px|thumb|Mary McLeod Bethune]]
[[Image:Sadalex2.jpg|90px|thumb|Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Daisy Bates (civil rights activist)|Daisy Bates]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Advisor to the [[Little Rock Nine]] to [[integrate]] [[Little Rock Central High School]]; [[civil rights]] activist
|ref=<ref name="sos262">Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 262.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Myrlie Evers-Williams|Myrlie Beasley Evers-Williams]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Wife of slain civil rights leader [[Medgar Evers]]; In 1995 she made history as the 1st woman to chair the NAACP; former [[NAACP]] chairwoman
|ref=<ref name="eku"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Nannie Burroughs
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=One of the founders of [[National Association of Colored Women]]; civil rights activist
|ref=<ref name="sos6263">Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 62-63.</ref><ref name="jimcrow">[http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/women.cgi?state=Virginia Women and Jim Crow: Virginia]. Jim Crow History. Retrieved on [[December 19]], [[2007]].</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Mary Church Terrell]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Writer]], [[Civil Rights]] and [[Women's Rights]] [[Activism|activist]]; First president of the National Association of Colored Women; First black woman to represent the U.S. Congress of Women; First black woman to serve on the Washington DC Board of Education
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Coralie Franklin Cook
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=One of the founders of National Association of Colored Women; civil rights activist
|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Fannie Lou Hamer]]|chapter=''Honorary''|nota=
American [[voting rights]] activist and civil rights leader|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Vivian Malone Jones
|chapter=''Unknown''
|nota=Civil Rights Activist. First African-American to enroll and graduate from the the Univeristy of Alabama despite Governor George Wallace infamous "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" who was in defiance of orders to admit black students.
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Mary McLeod Bethune]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Eighth President of the National Association of Colored Women; founder of the [[National Council of Negro Women]]; founder of the Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls; civil rights activist
|ref=<ref>Giddings 1988, op. cit., p. 84.</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Frankie Muse Freeman]]|chapter=[[Lambda Sigma]]|nota=[[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|civil rights]] attorney; First woman to be appointed to the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]] ([[1964]] to [[1979]])|ref=<ref>Frankie Muse Freeman with Candace O'Connor (2003). "A song of faith and hope - The Life of Frankie Muse Freeman", Missouri: Univ. of Missouri Press, p. 67.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Betty Shabazz|Betty Jean Sanders-Shabazz]]
|chapter=New York Alumnae
|nota=Civil rights activist; Wife of slain civil rights leader [[Malcolm X]]; Former director of the Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn's Department of Communications and Public Relations.
|ref=<ref name=eku/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nmacdst.org/nmac_presidents_page.htm |title=Reflections of Past Presidents |publisher=North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander]]
|chapter=[[University of Pennsylvania|Gamma]]
|nota=One of the first [[African American]]s to receive a [[Ph.D.]] in the [[United States]]; First black woman to receive a Ph.D. in Economics from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and in the United States; First black woman to receive a law degree from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] [[University of Pennsylvania Law School|Law School]]; First black woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Henrietta Bell Wells
|chapter=[[Wiley College|Alpha Iota]]
|nota=Member of the Historic Wiley Debate team as portrayed in the "Great Debaters"; basis for Jurnee Smollett's character; First African-American teacher at Bonner Elementary School
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |last=Barnwell |first=Carol E. |url=http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/movies/a_great_debater_looks_back.php |title=A "Great Debater" looks back |work=Daily Episcopalian |publisher=episcopalcafe.com |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref><ref name=hac>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsthoustonalumnae.org/news/news.shtm |title=HAC News |publisher=Houston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Education===
[[Image:Joyce Ladner 2006.jpg‎|thumb|67kb|Joyce Ladner]]
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{{FratMember|name=[[Mary Frances Berry]] |chapter=''Honorary'' |nota=Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and the former chairwoman of the [[United States Commission on Civil Rights]]|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Hallie Quinn Brown
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Wilberforce University Board of Trustees member
|ref=<ref name=pg70>Giddings 1988, op. cit., pp. 70</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Johnnetta Cole]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First African American female president of [[Spelman College]] from 1987-1997 and president of [[Bennett College]] from 2002-2007
|ref=<ref name="eku"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Meredith Daniels
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First African American to graduate with a Doctoral degree in Mathematics from the [[University of Virginia]] in May 2008.
|ref=<ref name="daniels">{{cite web| url=http://www.cvilledst.org/ | title=Another Delta First| publisher=Charlottesville Alumnae, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.|accessdate=2008-09-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Ramona Edelin
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Founder and Former Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Northeastern University; Former President and CEO of the National Urban Coalition; Created the M. Carl Holman Leadership Development Institute & Executive Leadership Program to bring minorities into leadership development opportunities; Former member of Presidential Board on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (appointed by Bill Clinton); Former Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=522 |title=Ramona Edelin Biography |work-Civic Makers |publisher=thehistorymakers.com |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.house.gov/cummings/speech/sp072202.htm|last=Cummings| first=Congressman Elijah| date=2002-07-22|title=Advance Text of Remarks, Delta Sigma Theta 46th National Convention |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |accessdate=2008-06-29}} </ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Mary Futrell
|chapter=[[Virginia State University|Alpha Eta]]
|nota=First African American Female and Former President of [[National Education Association]];
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=899&category=educationMakers |title=Mary Futrell Biography |work-Education Makers |publisher=thehistorymakers.com |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Robyn Hadley
|chapter=[[University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill|Kappa Omicron]]
|nota=Third African American Female selected as a [[Rhodes Scholar]].
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casethree.org/conference/index.php?page=speakers&speaker=32 |title=Robyn Hadley, A Leading Thinker |work=Case III Conference| publisher=Step It Up|accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Julia Gee Hunnicut
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Wilberforce University]] instructor
|ref=<ref name=pg70/>}}
{{FratMember|name=Shirley Ann Jackson|chapter=[[M.I.T.|Iota]] |nota=Eighteenth president of [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]||ref=<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Shirley Ann |date=2004-03-20 |url=http://www.rpi.edu/president/speeches/ps032004-connection.html |title=President's Speech - Keeping the Connection |publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Adah Hyde Johnson
|chapter=[[University of Iowa|Delta]]
|nota=First African American woman to graduate from the University of Iowa
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~dst1919/ |title=Chapter History |publisher=Delta Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |accessdate=2008-07-22}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Anna Johnson Julian
|chapter=[[University of Pennsylvania|Gamma]]
|nota=First African American woman in the nation to receive the Ph.D. degree in sociology; First African American to receive Phi Beta Kappa honors at University of Pennsylvania
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.www.upenn.edu:9025/search?q=cache:yVoexxV6mzkJ:www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1900s/julian_anna_johnson.html+julian+anna+johnson&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&site=archives&ie=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=archives&oe=ISO-8859-1 |title=Penn Biography - Anna Julian Johnson |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Archives |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Joyce Ladner
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First woman to serve as President of [[Howard University]]; Former Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=445&category=Educationmakers |title=Joyce Ladner Biography |work-Education Makers |publisher=thehistorymakers.com |accessdate=2008-08-04}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ladner |first=Joyce |date=2008-05-03 |url=http://theladnerreportblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-would-fannie-lou-hamer-say_03.html |title=What Would Fannie-Lou Hamer say? |work=The Ladner Report |publisher=onestat.com |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Julianne Malveaux
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=President of [[Bennett College]]; Economist; Columnist; Author
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juliannemalveaux.com/aboutjulianne.html |title=About Julianne |publisher=2005-07 Last Word Productions |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sistacircle.com/salutejmalveaux.htm |title=Sista Salute Saluting - Dr. Julianne Malveaux |work=Sista Circle with T.C. |publisher=T.C., TCB Enterprises |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Floreta McKenzie
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Vice Chair of [[Howard University]] Board of Trustees; Former D.C. Public School Superintendent & Chief State School Officer
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=575 |title=Floretta McKenzie Biography| work=Education Maker |publisher=The HistoryMakers |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefcacdst.org/html/Awards2006.htm |title=Awards Nomination Criteria |publisher=Federal City Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |accessdate=2008-08-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Sarah Scarborough
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Former First Lady of Wilberforce University; wife of [[William Sanders Scarborough]]
|ref=<ref name=pg70/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Niara Sudarkasa]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=First female president of [[Lincoln University]]
|ref=<ref name=eku/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Josephine Washington
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Writer, Educator, Advocate of Women's Rights and Racial Justice; Wilberforce University Dean of Women; A copyist for Frederick Douglass during his tenure as Recorder of Deeds for DC
|ref=<ref name=pg70/>}}
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===Heads of organizations and business executives===
[[Image:EdithIrbyJones.jpg|thumb|90px|Edith Irby Jones]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Juanita Baranco
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Baranco Automotive Group (one of 1st AA owned car dealerships in Atlanta area); Former Assistant Attorney General of Georgia; 1st African American women to chair Georgia Board of Regents.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.atlantawomanmag.com/Articles/2008/Web_May/Juanita_Baranco.html| date=2008-06-03| title= About Juanita Baranco, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Baranco Automotive Group| publisher= Atlanta Woman| accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Susan Bass
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=President of Susan Bass Group; Former VP of Communications & Community Relations for the Atlanta Falcons
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.whoswhopublishing.com/sections/black_minneapolis/black_minneapolis_publisher.shtml| title= MEET OUR WHO'S WHO IN BLACK MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL™ ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER| publisher= Who's Who Publishing Co.| accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Sheryl Battles
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=VP of Corporate Communications - Pitney Bowles
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.latinobankingsolutions.com/TIME.html| date=2005-11-09| title= Minority Women Who Make a Difference in the Workplace, Nine who take on stereotypes to better the corporate world| publisher= Time Inc. - Business & Technology| accessdate=2006-05-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Cora Masters Barry
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Founder of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center; Founder and CEO of the Recreation Wish List Committee (RWLC) of Washington, D.C. - an organization dedicated to ensuring every youngster has access to safe and decent recreational facilities; Former 1st Lady of Washington, D.C.
|ref=<ref name="Future Pac">{{cite web| url=http://thefuturepac.com/who/board/| title=The Future Pac: Board Members| publisher=The Future Pac| accessdate=2006-05-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Melanie L. Campbell
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Executive Director of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation; Civic leader; Civil Rights Activist who implemented projects: VOTE Election Reform Task Force, Unity Civic Engagement & Voter Empowerment Campaign, and ReBuild Hope NOW; charter member of the Future PAC.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ncbcp.org/whoweare-bios.html| title= Bios - Melanie Campbell| publisher= The National Coalition of Black Civic Participation| accessdate=2007-04-17}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Monica Cost
|chapter=[[Hampton University|Gamma Iota]]
|nota=Commercial Real Estate Broker at Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (C&W), a global commercial real estate firm; 1st AA broker in the New England Area of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. & 1st AA female to hold this position for a major real estate firm in Massachusetts.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.amightyriver.com/content/monica-cost |title=Monica Cost | publisher=A MightyRiver.com - The Black Professional Networking Community |accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Deborah Elam
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Chief Diversity Officer at [[General Electric]] (GE) - one of the highest ranking women at GE
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1602&category=BusinessMakers&occupation=Corporate%20Executive&name=Deborah%20Elam | work =Business Makers |title=Deborah Elam Biography | publisher=The HistoryMakers | accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Carla Harris
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Managing Director in Global Capital Markets at [[Morgan Stanley]]; Member of the Equity Syndicate desk; Gospel Singer
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1295&category=BusinessMakers&occupation=Investment%20Banker%20%26%20Gospel%20Singer&name=Carla%20Ann%20Harris | work =Business Makers |title=Carla Harris Biography | publisher=The HistoryMakers | accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first= Mary Ellen| last=Gardner | title=Special Reoprt AASU 2001 - Alumni Awards - Carla Harris - A Musical Banker Leads the Way | date=[[2001-03-12]] | publisher=Harvard Business School Working Knowledge | url =http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2102.html | accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Amy S. Hilliard
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota=Founder, President and CEO of The ComfortCake Company LLC; Former senior marketing executive with Gillette, Pillsbury and L'Oreal; First African-American elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of the Specialty Food Trade
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1915&category=BusinessMakers&occupation=Business%20Executive%20%26%20Entrepreneur&name=Amy%20S.%20Hilliard | work =Business Makers| title=Amy S. Hillard Bio| publisher=The HistoryMakers | accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31695&page=9| title=Delta's Stories of Triumph| publisher=GreekChat.com}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Eunice W. Johnson
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Executive of [[John H. Johnson|Johnson Publishing Company]]; Creator of the Ebony Fashion Show
|ref=<ref name="ebony"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Edith Irby Jones
|chapter=[[Knoxville College|Gamma Mu]]
|nota=First African American student to attend the University of Arkansas School of Medicine; First Female and Former President [[National Medical Association]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1862&category=MedicalMakers | work =Medical Makers |title=Dr. Edith Irby Jones Biography | publisher=The HistoryMakers | accessdate = 2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Elaine Jones
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Former [[NAACP]] Legal Defense Fund Director and General Counsel
|ref=<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=LDF Receives $1 Million Gift from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to Support Voting Rights Programs | date=[[2005-06-02]] | publisher=[[NAACP]] | url =http://www.naacpldf.org/content.aspx?article=615 | work =NAACP Legal Defense Fund | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-06 | language = }}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Madeline Lawson
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Executive Vice president of the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine.
|ref=<ref>{{cite news | first= Gwendolyn | last=Crump | title=Eyes on Our Youth |date =Winter 2008 | publisher=Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |url=http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/downloads/journalWin08/18_winterjournal08_0317_c1to8.pdf. |pages = 9| accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Renetta McCann
|chapter=[[Northwestern University|Theta Alpha]]
|nota=CEO of The Americas Starcom MediaVest.
|ref=<ref>{{cite news | title=Renetta McCann Biography |date =[[2005-03-25]] | publisher=The History Makers |url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1124&category=businessMakers | accessdate=2008-09-19}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Karen McGill Lawson
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Current President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF)
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Kelly Owens
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Director of the CBCF Leadership Institute
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Vivian Pinn
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Director, Office of Research on Women's Health At the National Institutes of Health
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Lavonia Perryman
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=V.P. of PR Networks, Inc.; Former Cable Commissioner for D.C.; Former Founding member and Former president - National Black Women's Political Congress; Former president & Founding member - Coalition of 100 Black Women District of Columbia Chapter; Charter member of The Future PAC
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.clarenceshuler.org/tour_fairfax.htm| title=Building Lasting Relationships Tour| publisher= Clarence Shuler| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref><ref name="Future Pac"></ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Maya Rockeymoore
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=President and CEO at Global Policy Solutions, Chief of Staff/Administrative Assistant at Office of Congressman Charles Rangel, Professional Staff at House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee
|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Gloria Randle Scott]] |chapter=Gamma Nu|nota=First African-American president of the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]]; First African-American to get a degree in [[zoology]] from [[Indiana University]]; Former President of Bennett College |ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Elsie L. Scott PhD.
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Current President and CEO of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]] Foundation
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Jane E. Smith
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Former President and CEO of the [[National Council of Negro Women]]; Founding member of the Women's Chamber of Commerce
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.spelman.edu/about_us/news/pdf/SpelmanMessengerFall2004.pdf| format=pdf| title=LEADS Conference: Jane Smith LEADS Leadership| publisher=Spelman College| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Stacey Davis Stewart
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Former President and CEO of the Fannie Mae Foundation (1999-2007); Current Sr. VP of the Fannie Mae Foundation's Office of Community and Charitable Giving
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1598&category=BusinessMakers&occupation=Foundation%20and%20Corporate%20Executive&name=Stacey%20Davis%20Stewart| title= Stacey Davis Stewart Biography |publisher= The HistoryMakers| accessdate=2008-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.house.gov/cummings/speech/sp072202.htm | title=Speech by Congressman Cummings, Advance Text of Remarks
Delta Sigma Theta 46th National Convention | lastname=Cummings| firstname= Elijah| publisher=U.S. House of Representatives | accessdate= 2006-04-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=A. Shuanise Washington
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota= V.P. of Government Affairs Policy & Outreach for [[Altria Group]], Inc.(formerly Philip Morris USA)
|ref=<ref name="Future Pac"></ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Shelia Ruth Wheatley Clark
|chapter=[[University of North Texas|Zeta Eta]]
|nota=First African-American accountant and AA female partner at firm [[KPMG|Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://orgs.unt.edu/dst/history.html| title=Zeta Eta History| publisher=Zeta Eta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated| accessdate=2008-01-05}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. E. Faye Williams
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Chairperson of the National Congress of Black Women
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nationalcongressbw.org/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=2| title= About the National Chairperson| publisher= National Congress of Black Women| accessdate=2008-02-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Health and science===
[[Image:Joan Higginbotham.jpg|thumb|90px|Joan Higginbotham]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Alexa Canady
|chapter= [[University of Michigan|Nu]]
|nota=First African-American female [[Neurosurgeon]]
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=May Edwards Chinn
|chapter= "New York Alumnae Chapter"
|nota=First AA female to graduate from Bellevue Hospital Medical College; One of the First Female AA physicians in New York City; 1st AA woman to intern at Harlem Hospital; 1st female physician to ride with ambulance crews of Harlem Hospital for emergency calls; 1st AA woman, and for several years the only woman, to practice medicine in Harlem; and 1st AA woman to receive admitting privileges at Harlem Hospital.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nmacdst.org/nmac_presidents_page.htm| title=Reflections of Past Presidents| publisher=North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter| accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/chinn.html| title=May Edward Chinn: Physician| publisher=San Diego Supercomputer Center| accessdate=2008-04-17}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Ruth Bates Harris
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First Female Deputy Assistant Administrator of [[NASA]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://fozzy.wvstateu.edu/student/organizations/DeltaSigmaTheta/trailblazers.htm| title=Delta Trailblazers| publisher=Alpha Delta Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta| accessdate= 2008-05-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Joan Higginbotham]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=An [[United States|American]] [[engineer]]; Former [[NASA]] [[Astronaut]] who flew on the [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] mission [[STS-116]] as a [[mission specialist]]; Third African-American female to go into space
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fit.edu/alumni/specialinterests/joanhigginbotham.html| title=Joan E. Higginbotham, NASA Astronaut| publisher=Florida Institute of Technology| accessdate=2007-09-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Juvonda S. Hodge
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First female African-American General Surgeon in Mobile, Ala.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://199.236.89.103/downloads/DeltaJournal-fall2.pdf| format=pdf| title= Chapter News| publisher=Delta Sigma Theta - Delta Journal, Fall 2006| accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Betty Smith Williams
|chapter="unknown" |nota=Founder, charter member and 7th President of the National Black Nurses Association; American Academy of Nursing fellow.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/2003/pdf/aahc.pdf|format=PDF| title= 2003 African American Nurses Calendar: Betty Smith Williams - The Mentor| publisher=Aetna | accessdate=2005-11-11}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Marie Wright
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota=First woman to receive a dental degree from Meharry Dental College in 1919; One of the founders of the Urban League of Flint, MI; first black employee of the Flint Public Library system |ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/flintprofiles/ninamills/1997text/wrightM.html| title= Profile of Marie Wright| publisher=Nina Mills Awards 1997- Flint,MI| accessdate=2008-07-02}}</ref>}}
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===Law and judges===
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{{FratMember|name=Vicki Janice Ballou-Watts |chapter=Alpha|nota=Circuit Court Judge Balitmore County, Maryland; First African-American female judge appointed in Baltimore County; First African-American in Baltimore County history to win a countywide election.|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/31cc/html/msa12455.html|title = Baltimore County Circuit Court |publisher= 2008 Maryland State Archives| accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Patricia Ann Blackmon |chapter= "unknown" |nota= Judge - Eighth District Court of Appeals; First African-American woman elected to any Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio; City of Cleveland first night prosecutor.|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://appeals.cuyahogacounty.us/judges/Blackmon.htm|title = Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon |publisher= Court of Appeals of Ohio, 8th Appellate District| accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Izetta F. Bright |chapter= "unknown" |nota=Serves on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Honorable Dorothy Rabb Brown |chapter=[[Southern University|Alpha Tau]]|nota=First African-American to be elected Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (Illinois)| ref=<ref name ="Southern Divas"></ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Jean Murrell Capers |chapter= "unknown" |nota= First black woman in the U.S. to be elected as a City Council member; First to serve as an Assistant County Prosecutor in Cuyahoga County; Former Cleveland Municipal Court Judge.
ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/dst-ko/KOflash.swf |title = History, Delta Firsts |publisher= Kappa Omicron, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.| accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Wendy Cooley |chapter= "unknown"|nota=Served on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Honorable Angelina Blackshear Dalton|chapter=[[Lane|Beta Chi]] |nota= First African American woman to be elected judge in the city of Nashville, Tennessee; General Sessions Court Judge, Division III.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=31695&page=12|title = Delta Stories of Triumph |publisher= GreekChat.com| accessdate=2006-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mleesmith.com/real_estate_law/faculty.shtml| title=Tennessee Real Estate Law Conference Faculty| publisher=M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC| accessdate=2006-04-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Norma Dotson-Sales |chapter= "unknown"|nota=Serves on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Karen Fort-Hood |chapter= "unknown" |nota=First African American woman to be elected to the Michigan Court of Appeals; Currently the 1st District Court of Appeals Judge in Detroit, MI. |ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2005-2006/2005-MM-0536-0553-Judges.pdf |format=PDF|title = Judges of the Court of Appeals, 2005-06 |publisher= Michigan Legislature, Chapter 5 - The Judicial Branch| accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Karen Freeman-Wilson |chapter=[[Harvard University|Xi Tau]] |nota=1st AA female Gary City Court Judge; Established 1st Drug Treatment court in Indiana; Former Indiana Attorney General.|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harvard1982.com/classmates/marshals/freeman.php|title=Class Marshall, Karen Freeman-Wilson
| publisher=Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1982| accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Claudia L. Gatlin |chapter= "unknown"|nota= Served on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Ruth Ann Garrett |chapter= "unknown"|nota= Serves on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Patrice A. Hinnant |chapter= "unknown" |nota=First Female elected by the Democratic Party to serve as a District Court Judge for the 18th Judicial District in Guilford County, NC; First AA female Assistant Public Defender; First AA female President of the Greensboro Bar Association| ref=<ref>Hairston 2007, op. cit., p. 84.</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Paula G. Humphries |chapter= "unknown"|nota= Serves on 36th District Court in Detroit, MI|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Jewel Carter S. Lafontant|chapter= "unknown" |nota=First American woman to be admitted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; First female Deputy Solicitor General of the U.S. during the Nixon Administration; Assistant [[U.S. Attorney]] for the Northern District of [[Illinois]] under President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]|ref=<ref name ="Southern Divas">{{cite web |url=http://www.southerndivas.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=46|title=Famous Deltas| publisher=Alpha Tau Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.| accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=M. Yvette Miller |chapter= "unknown"|nota=First African-American woman to serve on the Georgia Court of Appeals; First woman, first African-American, and youngest person to serve as Director and Judge of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation.|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaappeals.us/biography/bio_judges.php?jname=M.%20Yvette%20Miller |title=M. Yvette Miller| publisher=Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia| accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Eileen A. Olds
|chapter=[[University of Virginia|Kappa Rho]]
|nota= Current Judge of the Chesapeake (VA) Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court' 46th President of the American Judges Association (AJA) (2007-08); First female and first African American judge of the First Judicial District of Virginia - 1995; First judge from Virginia to lead the AJA since its founding in 1959
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blacknews.com/pr/eileenolds101.html |title =African American Female Elected President-Elect of the American Judges Association| publisher=BlackNews.com| accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Gloria C. Reno |chapter=|nota=Associate Circuit Judge Division 36 for Family Court in St. Louis, Missouri|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=C. Lorene Royster |chapter= Detroit Alumnae Chapter |nota=District Court Judge in Detroit, MI|ref=<ref name="Royster">{{cite web |url=http://www.cvilledst.org/ |title=Judge C. Lorene Royster|publisher=Detroit Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.| accessdate=2008-07-31}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Betty Sanders |chapter=|nota=Judge, Circuit Court, of the State of Mississippi|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Juanita Kidd Stout]] |chapter=[[Lincoln University of Missouri|Alpha Theta]] |nota=Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] from 1988-1989; First black woman appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court |ref=<ref name="Stout">{{cite web |url=http://womenslegalhistory.stanford.edu/papers/StoutJ-Kapp02.pdf |format=PDF|title = Juanita Kidd Stout |publisher= Stanford University| accessdate=2008-04-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Honorable Ann Claire Williams |chapter=[[Wayne State University|Tau]] |nota=Appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]] as the first African American woman on the Federal District Court in Illinois & the 9th AA female ever appointed to the Federal District Court; First African American ever Appointed and Third AA woman to serve on any federal appeals court as Justice of the 7th Circuit Court |ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicId=334 |title =Chicago Lawyer 2000 Person of the Year: Judge Ann Claire Williams| accessdate=2008-03-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Law enforcement===
{{FratMemberStart}}
{{FratMember
|name=Cassandra M. Chandler
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota= Assistant Director for Training at the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI); Highest ranking AA women at the FBI.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanamericandigest.com/Cassandra_Chandler_Profile.html |title=African American Digest, People Doing Great Things |publisher=African American Digest |accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Val Demings|chapter= "unknown" |nota= First female Chief of Police of Orlando Police Department.|ref=<ref> {{cite web |url=http://letsdolunchorlando.com/bios/val-demings.aspx |title=Val Demings |publisher=Let's Do Lunch |accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Rhonda M. Glover |chapter= "unknown" |nota= Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) assigned to the Drug Section-Colombian/Caribbean Unit at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.; Part of the Drug Learning Team at the FBI Academy.| ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/law_enforcement/staff/rhonda_glover.shtml |title=Law Enforcement Program Staff: Rhonda M. Glover |publisher= Rio Salado College Online |accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Beverly J. Harvard
|chapter= "unknown"
|nota= Former Chief of Atlantic Police Department; 1st AA woman in the nation to run a major police department.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topblacks.com/Profiles/Government/Harvard,-Beverly.aspx |title=Positive Profiles of People of Color |publisher= TopBlacks |accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Debra Mack |chapter= [[Dillard University|Beta Gamma]] |nota= One of two AA females to head a field office for the FBI.|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mobilealumnaedst.org/deltas.html |title=Deltas Exhibiting Lifetime Achievements |publisher = Mobile Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Tawya Young |chapter= Epsilon Tau |nota= Bailiff on the Judge David Young show; First AA female lieutenant in the Civil Court of the City of New York.| ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.easternregiondst.org/downloads/HERStoriesFall07Part1.pdf |format=PDF|title= Tawya Young: Soror Serves as Baliff on Court Television Show |publisher= Eastern Region - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated |accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Military===
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{{FratMember|name=Clara Adams-Ender|chapter=''Honorary''|nota=18th Chief of the U.S. Army Burse Corps; First Army Nurse Officer to be Appointed as Director of Personnel for the Surgeon General of the Army|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1333&category=MilitaryMakers |title=Gen. Clara Adams-Ender Biography| publisher=The HistoryMakers| accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Hazel Winifred Johnson Brown|chapter=''Honorary''|nota=First Black woman promoted to the rank and position of Brigadier General, Chief of the [[Army Nurse Corps]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/contributions.html| title= Black Women's Military Contributions| publisher=Captain Critical/Captain Barb| accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Colonel Stayce D. Harris|chapter="unknown"|nota=Highest Ranking AA feale in the U.S. Air Force Reserve; 2nd AA female pilot in the U.S. [[Air Force]]; 1st AA woman to command an operational flying wing; 1st AA woman to fly the [[Boeing 747]] aircraft, the world’s largest commercial aircraft|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/baa/baa/profiles/stayce_harris.htm| title=Stacye Harris-Kilgore Award Recipient| publisher=USC - Black Alumni Association| accessdate=2007-01-28}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=Karen Wagner|chapter=|nota=Lieutenant-Colonel who was killed on during the [[September 11 attacks]]; [[Karen Wagner High School|a high school]] is named after her|ref=}}
{{FratMember|name=Marilyn D. Wills|chapter=[[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton Alumnae Chapter]]|nota=Awarded a [[Purple Heart]] for helping to aid victims out of [[The Pentagon]] during the September 11 attacks|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/purpleheart/index.html| title=The Purple Heart| publisher=[[National Public Radio]]| publisheddate=2002-05-27| accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMemberEnd}}

===Political figures===
====Humanitarian and social causes====
[[Image:Marian Wright Edelman 01.jpg|90px|thumb|right|Marian Wright Edelmen]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Camille Cosby
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Producer of the Broadway Show "Having Our Say"; Wife of [[Bill Cosby]]; [[Philanthropist]]
|ref=<ref name="famous">{{cite web|url=http://wofford.edu/deltaSigmaTheta/content.aspx?id=11388 |title=Famous Sorors |publisher=Wofford College Delta Sigma Theta |accessdate=2007-12-24}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Marian Wright Edelman]]|chapter=''Honorary''|nota=President and Founder of the [[Children's Defense Fund]], Established and Directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Office in Jackson, Mississippi; First Black Women admitted to the Mississippi Bar
|ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/DocServer/CPP_article_Delta_Journal.pdf |format=PDF| title= A Delta’s Point of View Attacking the Cradle to Prison Pipeline |first = Marian |last= Wright Edelman |publisher = Delta Sigma Theta Journal, Fall 2006}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Clara Hale]] |chapter=''Honorary''|nota=Also known as "Mother" Clara Hale; Founder of Hale House, which provided a home to drug addicted and abandoned babies|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gmu.edu/org/delta/poems.html |title=A Delta Woman...Can You Handle It? |first = Lisa |last= Crutchfield Diggs |publisher = Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. of George Mason University}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Dorothy Irene Height]]
|chapter=Rho
|nota=President of the [[NCNW|National Council of Negro Women]], [[Public administration|administrator]], [[Educator]], Civil Rights [[Activism|activist]], and a Recipient of the [[Congressional Gold Medal]];
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dstnyac.org/noteworthy_members.shtml| title = Noteworthy NYAC Members |publisher = New York Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. |accessdate=2008-07-07}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Lillian Roberts]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Labor Leader; Former U.S. Department of Labor Commissioner; First Black woman to head the New York State Labor Department
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Rae Lewis-Thornton
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[AIDS]] activist and educational speaker; [[Baptist]] minister; Founder of Rae Lewis-Thornton, Inc.
|ref=<ref name="raelewis">{{cite web| url=http://www.raelewisthornton.org/bio.html| title=About Rae Lewis Thornton|publisher= Rae Lewis-Thornton, Inc| accessdate=2008-01-05}}</ref>}}
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====Non-elected officials====
[[Image:Joycelyn Elders official photo portrait.jpg|90px|thumb|Joycelyn Elders]]
[[Image:Aherman1.jpg|90px|thumb|Alexis Herman]]
[[Image:PatriciaHarris2.jpg|90px|thumb|Patricia Roberts Harris]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Shirley Barnes
|chapter="Rho"
|nota=Former Ambassador to [[Madagascar]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite news |date=1993-08-03 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_94/ai_54367697 |title=Diplomat Shirley Barnes Is Confirmed For Envoy Post In Madagascar |work=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]] |publisher=Johnson Publishing Co. |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name= Honorable Viola O. Baskerville
|chapter= Richmond Alumnae
|nota= Secretary of Administration to Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine; 2nd African American and the only African American female cabinet head in his current administration; Former Vice Mayor of the Richmond City Council; Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates; 1st African American woman to run for Lieutenant Governor in VA.
|ref= <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.administration.virginia.gov/OfficeInfo/BaskervilleBio.cfm |title=The Honorable Viola O. Baskerville, Secretary of Administration |publisher=Virginia Secretary of Administration |accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Pamela E. Bridgewater]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Current Ambassador to [[Ghana]]; Former Ambassador to [[Benin]]; First African-American woman to be appointed Consul General in Durban
|ref= <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/54587.htm| title= United States Ambassador to Ghana: Pamela E. Bridgewater|publisher=U.S. State Department| accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember|name=[[Joycelyn Elders]]
|chapter= Gamma Gamma
|nota=[[Surgeon General of the United States|United States Surgeon General]] from [[September 8]], [[1993]] to [[December 31]], [[1994]]; First African American Resident Pediatrician at the University of Arkansas Medical Center
|ref= <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dstchicago.com/National_History/Notable_Deltas_2.htm | title=Notable Deltas |publisher=Delta Sigma Theta - Chicago Alumnae Chapter | accessdate=2007-02-06}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Alexis Herman]]
|chapter=[[Xavier University|Gamma Alpha]]
|nota=First [[African-American]] [[Secretary of Labor]] (1997-2001)
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Margaret McDonald]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Former Ambassador to the U.S. from Nassau, Bahamas
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bahlibs.org/article.asp?Article_Headline=376&HiddenID=25&Hidden_Descrip=Article_Category| title=New Margaret McDonald Centre will honour an outstanding public| publisher=The Nassau Guardian |publisheddate= 2002-06-11| accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Patricia Roberts Harris]]
|chapter=[[Howard University|Alpha]]
|nota=First Black Female U.S. Ambassador (1965; [[Luxembourg]]), First African-American [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Barbara Mae Watson
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First African American woman to serve as a Chief of State Department Bureau; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs for the [[U.S. State Department]]; First African American woman to serve as a U.S. Ambassador; Former Ambassador to Malaysia |ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=90 |title=Notable Deltas |publisher=Delta Sigma Theta Sorority |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hevesi |first=Dennis |date=1993-06-03 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DB1038F930A35755C0A965958260&sec=&spon= |title=Douglas C. Watson, Design Engineer, 73, In Military Aviation |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=nytimes.com |accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>}}
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====U.S. politicians====
[[Image:Shirley Chisholm.jpg|90px|thumb|Shirley Chisholm]]
[[Image:Stephanie Tubbs Jones, official 109th Congress photo.jpg|90px|thumb|Stephanie Tubbs Jones]]
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{{FratMember
|name=Dixie Allen
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Former State Representative for the 39th House District in Ohio (1998-2006).
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/legislators.cfm?letter=A&legislator=18 |title= African American Legislators: Those Who Followed - Dixie Allen| publisher=Capital Square Review and Advisory Board|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Diana Bajoie
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= State Senator for the 5th District in Louisiana; 1st AA woman elected to the Louisiana State Senate; Founder of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus.
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Joyce Beatty]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= First African-American woman in the State of Ohio to serve as the Minority Leader in the Ohio House of Representatives for the Democratic Party; Vice Chair of Education for the National Black Conference of State Legislators; President of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation; First African-American female to serve as chairman of the Columbus Urban League Board.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=27| title=Member Detail - Joyce Beatty, Minority Leader| publisher= Ohio House of Representatives| accessdate=2007-11-10}} </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/legislators.cfm?letter=B&legislator=10022 |title= African Ameican Legislators: Those Who Followed - Joyce Beatty| publisher=Capital Square Review and Advisory Board|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Amber Boykins]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Former Missouri State Representative; Youngest African American woman legislator elected in the history of the Missouri House.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://house.missouri.gov/content.aspx?info=/bills03/member/bio060.htm | title=Rep. Amber H. Boykins 92nd General Assembly| publisher=Missouri House of Representatives |accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
name= Jacqueline Johnson Roberts
Chapter = Pine Bluff Alumni
Former State Representative; Arkansas House of Representatives; 1991-1998
|name=[[Carol Moseley Braun]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=First African-American female [[U.S. Senator]], Represented Illinois 1992-1998
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Barbara-Rose Collins]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Former U.S. Congresswoman of [[Michigan's 15th congressional district]], First African-American ever elected to Congress from Michigan
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Shirley Chisholm]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= First [[African-American]] woman elected to [[U.S. Congress|Congress]]; First African-American and the First female to run as a major party candidaate for [[President of the United States|Presidential candidate]] in 1972
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Linda W. Cropp]]
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=Former DC Councilwoman At-large; Former Council Chairwomanman of the District of Columbia City Council; 1st woman chairwoman
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2006/05/01/News/Web-Extra.Cropp.Addresses.Sorority.Members-1897076.shtml?norewrite200606211649&sourcedomain=www.gwhatchet.com| title=WEB EXTRA: Cropp address sorority members| publisher= GW Hatchet| lastname= Buono| firstname= Joe| publisheddate=2006-05-01| accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Lois DeBerry]]
|chapter=[[LeMoyne-Owen College|Alpha Upsilon]]
|nota=First African-American female Speaker Pro Tempore for the Tennessee House of Representatives; Former President Emeritus of National Black Caucus of State Legislators; 1st AA woman from Memphis, Tennessee elected to the House.
|ref=<ref name="AY Trailblazers">{{cite web| url=http://www.angelfire.com/ult/alphaupsilon/page0008.htm| title=Alpha Upsilon Trailblazers| publisher=Alpha Upsilon Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta| accessdate=2007-07-28}}</ref><ref name="Future Pac"></ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Shirley Franklin]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Mayor of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Marcia Fudge]], Esq.
|chapter=
|nota=Newly Elected U.S. Congressional Member from Ohio's 11th congressional district; Former Mayor of Warrensville Heights, [[Ohio (U.S. state)|Ohio]] (01/00 - 11/08); Past national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.(1996-2000);
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Edith Green]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=Former U.S. Congresswoman of [[Oregon's 3rd congressional district]] (1955-1974)
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Laura Hall]]
|chapter=''unknown''
|nota=State representative for 19th District of the Alabama House of Representatives, since 1993; 1st AA woman to represent the 19th District; Former chairwoman of the Governor’s Commission on AIDS.
|ref=<ref name="Future Pac"></ref>
<ref>http://www.legislature.state.al.us/Searchableinstruments/2008RS/Resolutions/HR95.htm</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[LaDonna Harris]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=[[Vice President of the United States|Vice Presidential]] nominee of the [[United States Citizens Party|Citizens Party]]
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Tracy Maxwell Heard
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= State Representative for the 26th House District in Ohio.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgewashingtonwilliams.org/legislators.cfm?letter=H&legislator=1004 |title= African American Legislators: Those Who Followed - Tracy Maxwell Heard| publisher=Capital Square Review and Advisory Board|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Helen L. Holton
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Member of the Baltimore City Council (8th District).
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://helenholton.org/about.html| title=About Helen| publisher=Citizens for Helen L. Holton| accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Adrenne Hooper Wooten
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= State Representative for District 71 in Jackson, Mississippi.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.vote4awooten.com/Awooten_biography_2.htm| title=Biography| publisher=The Committee to Elect Adrienne Wooten|accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Carolyn JB Howell
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Delegate - Rep. 24th Legislative District in Prince Georges County, MD.
|ref=<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.aka1908.org/pdf/centennial_chronicles_vol_1_no_2_f.pdf| format=PDF| last=Varner| first=Kimberly| title=Unity Day March Brings Out the Divine Nine| page=2| publisher= Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Centennil Chronicles| accessdate=2008-11-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Barbara Jordan]]
|chapter=[[Texas Southern University|Delta Gamma]]
|nota=Congressional member from [[Texas's 18th congressional district]] (1973-1979)
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"></ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Carrie Meek]]
|chapter=[[Florida A&M University|Beta Alpha]]
|nota=Former U.S. Congresswoman of [[Florida's 17th congressional district]] (1993-2003), First African-American elected to Congress from Florida since Reconstruction
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.carriemeekfoundation.org/bio.html| title=Carrie Meek Bio| publisher=The Carrie Meek Foundation| accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Jacque Robinson
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Member of the Pasadena City, California City Council (1st District).
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/district1/| title=DISTRICT 1 - Councilmember Jacque Robinson| publisher=Pasadena City Council| accessdate=2008-06-30}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Lottie Shackelford]]
|chapter=[[Philander Smith College|Gamma Gamma]]
|nota=First Female mayor of Little Rock, AR; Current Vice Chair of the [[Democratic National Committee]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.democrats.org/a/party/shackelford.html| title=Lottie Shackelford, Vice Chair| publisher=The Democratic Party| accessdate=2007-06-30}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Stephanie Tubbs Jones]]
|chapter=[[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland Alumnae]]
|nota=[[U.S. Congress|U.S. Congressional Member]] from [[Ohio's 11th congressional district]]; 1st black woman to represent Ohio in the House; Former chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee (since 2007); 1st black woman to serve on the House Ways and Means committee.
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"></ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Wilma Webb
|chapter="unknown"
|nota=First Lady of Denver, Colorado; Former member of the Colorado Legislature; First woman of color to serve on the Colorado Joint Budget Committee; First woman to serve in the U.S. Department of Labor as the primary official for Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=327| title= Wilma Webb Biography| publisher=The HistoryMakers| accessdate=2008-11-04}}</ref>}}
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====World leaders====
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{{FratMember
|name=[[Winnie Mandela]]
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota=First Black Social Worker in South Africa; Anti-apartheid advocate; Former Leader of the [[African National Congress]], [[African National Congress Women's League|Women's League]], Member of the ANC's National Executive Committee; Ex-wife of former [[President of South Africa|South African president]]
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===Religion===
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{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Jo Ann Browning
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota= Co-pastor of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Maryland
|ref=<ref name="Browning">{{cite web |url=http://www.drjab.com/bio.html|title= Rev. Dr. JoAnn Browning |publisher=Journey of Faith, LLC|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Leah Gaskin Fitchue
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= First woman to serve as President of Payne Theological Seminary; First AA female President of the 244 Association of Theological Schools (ATS); First female to serve as president of any historically black theological seminary.
|ref=<ref name="Fitchue">{{cite web |url=http://www.payne.edu/President.htm|title= Payne Theological Seminary - President|publisher=Payne Theological Seminary|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Jessica Ingram
|chapter=[[University of Missouri-Columbia|Epsilon Psi]]
|nota= Supervisor of missions for the AME’s 15th Episcopal District; Supervisor of women for the AME's 10th Episcopal District
|ref=<ref>Fine 2007, op. cit., p. 103.</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Debora Jackson
|chapter=[[Indiana University|Gamma Nu]]
|nota= First African American and First Female Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Massachusetts
|ref=<ref name="Debora">{{cite web |url=http://www.easternregiondst.org/downloads/HERStoriesSP08_Part2.pdf|format=PDF|title= H.E.R. Stories|publisher=Eastern Region - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated|accessdate=2007-11-09}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Vashti Murphy McKenzie]]
|chapter=[[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore Alumnae Chapter]]
|nota=First Female Bishop in the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]]; National Chaplain of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Grand-daughter of Delta Sigma Theta Founder, Vashti Turley Murphy.
|ref=<ref name="deltasigmatheta"/>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Edith White Ming
|chapter=''Honorary''
|nota= First African American world president of the World Federation of Methodist Women
|ref=}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Ella Mitchell
|chapter="unknown"
|nota= Former Co-President of the American Academy of Homiletics; Former Dean of the Chapel at [[Spelman College]] and Director of Continuing Education & Associate Professor of Christian Education at Proctor School of Theology
|ref=<ref name="Mitchell">{{cite web |url=http://www.cst.edu/about_claremont/news_King.events.2008.php|title= 2008 King Celebration Events a Success |publisher=Claremont School of Theology|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Dr. Carolyn Showell
|chapter=Baltimore Alumnae Chapter
|nota= Co-pastor of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Maryland; Associate Pastor of First Apostiolic Faith church in Baltimore, MD
|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colmddst.org/08_SITS_flyer_HU_only_FINAL.pdf|format=PDF|title= Sisters in the Spirit: A Prayer Breakfast |publisher=The Delta Challenge - DST Homeownership Iniative|accessdate=2008-11-02}}</ref>
|ref=<ref name="Mitchell"></ref>}}
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===Sports===
[[Image:Wilma rudolph.jpg|90px|thumb|Wilma Rudolph]]
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{{FratMember|name=[[Tynesha Lewis]] |chapter=[[North Carolina State University|Mu Omicron]]|nota=Former [[WNBA]] player for the [[Charlotte Sting]] and [[Minnesota Lynx]]|ref=<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/tynesha_lewis/index.html| title=Tynesha Lewis Player Profile. [[WNBA]]| accessdate=2007-01-04}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=Andree Pickens
|chapter=[[University of Alabama|Lambda Zeta]]
|nota= Two-time individual NCAA Champion; Former captain of Alabama's NCAA Gymnastics Championship squad; Former member of U.S. National gymnastics team; extra in the movie ''Stick It''
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:r0vHWgBpaSkJ:www.rolltide.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/070108aaa.html+%22andree+pickens%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=25&gl=us | title=Andree Pickens Competes for Olympic Pole Vault Berth This Week | publisher=Rolltide.com | accessdate=2008-07-22}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Wilma Rudolph]]
|chapter=[[Tennessee State University|Alpha Chi]]
|nota=First American woman to win three gold medals in [[track and field]] during one of the [[Olympic Games]]
|ref=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/rudo-wil.htm | title=Wilma Rudolph biography | publisher=Women in History | accessdate=2007-06-11}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Olympia Scott-Richardson]]
|chapter=[[Stanford University|Omicron Chi]]
|nota=[[WNBA]] basketball player
|ref=
}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Rochelle Stevens]]
|chapter="Unknown"
|nota=Two time Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist & 3 World Championships in Track and Field
|ref=<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dstsouthernregion.com/news/gazette/January2008.pdf| format=PDF| title=You Go Girl!!!| publisher=Southern Gazette, The Voice of the Southern Region - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.| accessdate=2008-11-03}}</ref>}}
{{FratMember
|name=[[Candice Wiggins]]
|chapter=[[Stanford University|Omicron Chi]]
|nota=[[WNBA]] player for the [[Minnesota Lynx]]
|ref=<ref name=famous/>}}
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==Citations==
==Citations==

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Crest of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

Below is the list of Delta Sigma Theta sisters (commonly referred to as Deltas). Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (ΔΣΘ) was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University.[1] Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was first incorporated in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 1913.[2] In 1930, the organization's Grand Chapter was nationally incorporated.[1] The nomenclature of graduate chapters consist of the city's and the word "alumnae" annexed to the city's name.[3]

"Delta Girl"

"Delta Girl is a poem written by honorary member Mary McLeod Bethune.

Delta Girl

The Delta girl is one who has been given the opportunity of education and broad development: she is one who has enjoyed the privileges of culture and selected environment.

It is pleasing to a heartfelt depth to see her not as self centered, not desirous of selfish power, not wanting the plaudits of people, not wanting glory- but with a purpose which directs her activities and all that she may control toward lifting somebody else.

by Mary McLeod Bethune[4]

Founders

Twenty-two founders of Delta Sigma Theta
Osceola Macarthy Adams

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Presidents

Arts and entertainment

Actresses

Ruby Dee Davis
Cicely Tyson

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Elizabeth Catlett

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Authors

Alice Dunbar-Nelson
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Jessie Fauset
Nikki Giovanni

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Dancers

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Miss America winners

Ericka Dunlap

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Miss Deaf America

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Mrs. America

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Miss USA winners

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Singers and musicians

Natalie Cole
Leontyne Price
Nancy Wilson

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Television and radio

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

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Civil rights

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Fannie Lou Hamer
Mary McLeod Bethune
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

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Education

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Joyce Ladner

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Heads of organizations and business executives

Edith Irby Jones

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Health and science

Joan Higginbotham

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Law and judges

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Law enforcement

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Military

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Political figures

Humanitarian and social causes

Marian Wright Edelmen

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Non-elected officials

Joycelyn Elders
Alexis Herman
Patricia Roberts Harris

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U.S. politicians

Shirley Chisholm
Stephanie Tubbs Jones

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World leaders

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Religion

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Sports

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Wilma Rudolph

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Citations

  1. ^ a b Delta Sigma Theta History. Retrieved on December 13, 2007.
  2. ^ District of Columbia Organization Information. dcra.dc.gov. Retrieved on October 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved on December 20, 2007.
  4. ^ "Delta Poems". Omicron Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference deltasigmatheta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

References

  • Fine, Elizabeth C. (2007). Soulstepping: African-American Step Shows. Illinois: University of Illinois Press.
  • Giddings, Paula (1988). In Search of Sisterhood: Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenges of the Black Sorority Movement. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
  • Hairston, Jr., Otis L. (2007). Picturing Greensboro. North Carolina: The History Press.
  • Ross, Jr., Lawrence (2000). The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities in America. New York: Kensington.
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