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| In 1908, sixteen women on the campus of Howard University, Washington, DC, established Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. It is the first Greek-letter organization established in America by and for Black women. The group who organized Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority were conscious of the privilege and responsibility as college trained members of a minority group, just one generation removed from slavery. These young women were determined that their college experience would be meaningful and valuable, in order to enhance their self-realization. Alpha Kappa Alpha was organized to be one instrument for the achievement of this goal. Nine Howard University students were led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle into a sisterhood in 1908. Four years later, Nellie Quander and her gallant and visionary associates contributed the added dimension of national organization and perpetual membership. In 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated also had another first. It became the first black Greek Sorority to become a perpetual body. After incorporation in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha then branched out and became the channel through which selected college women improved the social and economic conditions in their city, state, nation and the world. For 95 years, Alpha Kappa Alpha has remained true to its original principals. Today, that tradition has continued--internationally, nationally and locally. Alpha Kappa Alpha cultivates and encourages high scholastic and ethical standards; promotes unity and friendship among college women; alleviates problems concerning girls and women; maintains a progressive interest in college life; and serves all mankind through a nucleus of more than 200,000 women. |
| Our Beloved Founders The Original Group Anna E. Brown Beulah Burke Lillie Burke Marjorie Hill Margaret F. Holmes Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Lavinia Norman Lucy D. Slowe Marie Woolfolk Taylor The Sophomores Norma Boyd Ethel Mowbray Alice P. Murray Sarah M. Nutter Joanna B. Shields Carrie Snowden Harriet J. Terry The Incorporators Julia E. Brooks Nellie Quander Nellie Pratt Russell Minnie B. Smith |
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