Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
1707 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 986-2400
Fax: (202) 986-2513
Website: http://www.deltasigmatheta.org
National President
Cynthia M. A. Butler-McIntyre
24th National President
Phone (202) 986-2400
National 1st Vice President
Dr. Paulette Walker
National 2nd Vice President
Mia Smith
National Secretary
Beverly Smith
National Treasurer
Carolyn E. Lewis
Immediate Past National President
Dr. Louise A. Rice
National Committee Chairs
Ex Officio Members
National Information
Twenty-two young African-American women that wanted to make a difference in
their community founded Delta Sigma Theta on January 13, 1913 at Howard
University in Washington, DC. Those 22 founders started a rich tradition of
promoting personal excellence and social progress that continues today. The
founders of Delta Sigma Theta are:
| Osceola McCarthy | Adams Jimmie Bugg Middleton |
| Marguerite Young Alexander | Pauline Oberdorfer Minor |
| Winona Cargile Alexander | Vashti Turley Murphy |
| Ethel Cuff Black | Naomi Sewell Richardson |
| Bertha Pitts Campbell | Mamie Reddy Rose |
| Zephyr Chisom Carter | Eliza Pearl Shippen |
| Edna Brown Coleman | Florence Letcher Toms |
| Jessie McGuire Dent | Ethel Carr Watson |
| Frederica Chase Dodd | Wertie Blackwell Weaver |
| Myra Davis Hemmings | Madree Penn White |
| Olive Jones | Edith Motte Young |
Past National Presidents
| Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, Ph.D. | 1919-1923 |
| G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley | 1923-1926 |
| Ethel Lamay Calimese | 1926-1929 |
| Anna R. Johnson Julian, Ph.D. | 1929-1931 |
| Gladys Byram Shepperd | 1931-1933 |
| Jeannette Triplett Jones | 1933-1935 |
| Vivian Osborne Marsh | 1935-1939 |
| H. Elsie Austin, JD | 1939-1944 |
| Mae Wright Downs Allen Peck-Williams | 1944-1947 |
| Dorothy Irene Height, Ph.D. | 1947-1956 |
| Dorothy Penman Harrison | 1956-1958 |
| Jeanne L. Noble, Ph.D. | 1958-1963 |
| Geraldine Pittman Woods, Ph.D. | 1963-1967 |
| Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq. | 1967-1971 |
| Lillian Pierce Benbow | 1971-1975 |
| Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley | 1975-1979 |
| Mona Humphries Bailey | 1979-1983 |
| Hortense Golden Canady | 1983-1988 |
| Yvonne Kennedy, Ph.D. | 1988-1992 |
| Bertha Maxwell Roddey, Ph.D. | 1992-1996 |
| Marcia L. Fudge, Esq. | 1996-2000 |
| Gwendolyn Boyd | 2000-2004 |
| Louise A. Rice, Ph.D. | 2004-2008 |