DST History
"A group of us felt that it was time for another sorority" (Naomi Sewell Richardson). "We had broader views. We wanted to reach out to the community. We wanted to be more than just a social group. We wanted to do more when we graduated for the community in which we were going" (Bertha Pitts Campbell). And so on January 13, 1913, deeply inspired from the nation-wide feminist movement of 1912, 22 intelligent, talented, strong and courageous women founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.. As the legacy continues, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated has progressed into an elite organization that continuously strives to uphold the principles and values that our illustrious founders believed in.
Our founders were interested in establishing an organization committed
to the promotion of high cultural, intellectual, and moral standards
among its members for its own benefits as well as for that of the larger
society in which it existed.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is dedicated to the ideals of Sisterhood,
Scholarship and Public Service. In accordance with these ideals, Delta
has established a long and glorious history of educational, cultural,
political, and social service in the public's interest. To further its
public service goals, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated operates
under Five Point Program Thrust:
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, is a private, non-profit
organization whose purpose is to provide services and programs to
promote human welfare. As a public service organization Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Incorporated has traditionally addressed the issues of
the time.
In 1913, our founders marched among thousands of others in the women's
suffrage march. In 1980 Soror Bertha Pitts Campbell, one of our
distinguished founders, and 17th National President, Mona Humphries
Bailey, led 8,000 Deltas in a reenactment of that historic march in
Washington, D.C. On March 26,1995 Deltas also participated in a march
commemorating the 75th anniversary of the women's suffrage march of
1913.
Today, our glorious Sisterhood has a membership of over 190,000
predominately African-American, college-educated women. The Sorority
currently has 900-plus chapters located in the United States, Japan,
Germany, Bermuda, Haiti, Liberia, the Bahamas, the Republic of Korea and
the Virgin Islands.
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