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| After a group of courageous and enthusiastic young women received permission from the University of Cincinnati,
Edwina Woodyard, Beta Chapter, was instructed to establish the sixth chapter in Delta's chain, Zeta Chapter. In October, 1920, seventeen undergraduates and graduates were inducted into chapter membership of the first Negro fraternal organization on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. These included: Undergraduates: |
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| Blanche Dixon Belsinger Beatrice Morton Ida Mae Rhodes Louise Penn Sandifer LaVerne Friason Watson |
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| Graduates: | |||
| Ethel LaMay Calimese Jennie Austin Fletcher Camille Friason Hood Edith Howard Cleo Hall Perry Maude Ragan Neola Woodson Robinson Martha Hall Ross Marie Belsinger Ryder Mary Lee Tate Mary Holloway Weatherly Sarah White
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| The first officers of Zeta Chapter was: | |||
| President: Ida Mae Rhodes | |||
| Corresponding Secretary: LaVerne Friason Watson | |||
| Recording Secretary: Beatrice Morton | |||
| Treasurer: Blanche Dixon Belsinger | |||
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Gamma Sigma Chapter was established as the first graduate chapter in January, 1922, and Beta Psi Chapter was organized in June, 1945. In 1959 both graduate chapters dropped the Greek nomenclature and united to become the Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter. |
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