The Twenty Pearls
Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Soror Beulah Burke
Soror Lillian Burke
Soror Margaret Flagg Holmes
Soror Marjorie Hill
Soror Lucy Diggs Slowe
Soror Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Soror Anna Easter Brown
Soror Lavinia Norman
Soror Joanna Berry-Shields
Soror Norma Boyd
Soror Ethel Jones Mowbray
Soror Sarah Meriweather Nutter
Soror Alice Murray
Soror Carrie Snowden
Soror Harriet J. Terry
Soror Julia E. Brooks
Soror Nellie M. Quander
Soror Nellie Pratt Russell
Soror Minnie B. Smith
Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, the moving
spirit in the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Our Illustrious History
In 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority became America's first Greek-letter organization established by Black college women. Her roots date back to Howard University, Washington, D.C., where the idea for formation was conceived by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle of St. Louis, Missouri. She viewed the Sorority as an instrument for enriching the social and intellectual aspects of college life by providing mental stimulation through interaction with friends and associates. Through the years, however, Alpha Kappa Alpha's function has become more complex. After her incorporation as a perpetual body in 1913, Alpha Kappa Alpha gradually branched out and became the channel through which selected college-trained women improved the socioeconomic conditions in their city, state, nation, and the world.
The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is to encourage high scholastic and ethical standards; to promote unity and friendship among college women; to alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve the social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of
service to ALL mankind.
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