Jan 14, 2016
#OTD Delta Sigma Theta Founded in 1913
Photo: Delta Sigma Theta members at 1921 national convention, hosted by Gamma Chapter (l to r): front, Virginia Margaret Alexander, Julia Mae Polk, Sadie Tanner Mossell; row 2, Anna R. Johnson, Nellie Rathbone Bright, Pauline Alice Young.
On this day, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST) was founded at Howard University in 1913. The first public act of Delta Sigma Theta was the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913. DST is the largest African American Greek lettered organization in the world. Famous members include: Shirley Chisholm, Carol Moseley Braun and Mary Church Terrell.