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Our History
Founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC on January 15, 1908, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-trained women. The original group of nine women were Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Slowe and Marie Woolfolk Taylor.
Late in February 1908, seven sophomore women were admitted without initiation. These members were Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather Nutter, Joanna Berry Shields, Carrie Snowden and Harriett Terry. These sixteen women are all recognized as Alpha Kappa Alpha founders.
The sorority was incorporated under the leadership of Nellie Quander on January 29, 1913.
Zeta Theta Omega Chapter
Our local history began with Beta Beta chapter, which was founded in Akron in 1932. This chapter consisted of both graduate and undergraduate women. The founding members were Susan Lyles, Willa Player, Geraldine Dyson Powells, Mary Hogan Smith, Juella Thompson, and Virginia Threatt. The first initiate was Edith Delaney Mitchell in 1933.
Beta Beta was dissolved and a new, separate graduate chapter, Zeta Theta Omega was chartered on April 3, 1954 at the home of Leona Farris.
Zeta Theta Omega Charter Members: Thelma Allen, Dr. Elinor Bozeman, Catherine Brown, Betty B. Campbell, Evelyn Evans, Leona Farris, Louise Hawkins, Marguerite Jetton, Josie C. James King, Golda Mayson, Margaret McClain, Agnes McCombs, Lillian R. McGruder, Mary Kate Nelson, Willa B. Player, Evelyn Primes, Doris Collins Pryear, Carolyn Stokes Reed, Edith Ritchie, Loucelia Roy, Laurita Sharppe, Mary B. Hogan Smith, Shirleee Wright Smith, Beatrice Stevens, Patricia A. Stokes, Juelia Thompson, Virginia Threatt, and Jessica Russel Woods. Madge Mapp Montgomery was the chartering president.
Contact:
Chapter President: Dr. Leah E. Shaw
