List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

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Crest of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, which was designed by Phyllis Wheatley Waters in 1920.
Crest of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, which was designed by Phyllis Wheatley Waters in 1920.[1]

The list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters (commonly referred to as AKAs[2]) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆKΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as The Sophomores of 1910.[3] The leadership the original sixteen exhibited in setting up the sorority has created social and economic capital for over one hundred years.[4]

Alpha Kappa Alpha serves the community through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as the highest honor.[5]

Alpha Kappa Alpha states that since the organization's founding, "the sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha has responded to the world’s increasing complexity. The sorority continues to empower communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs."[6] The sorority celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008.[7]

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[edit] Alpha Kappa Alpha Woman

Alpha Kappa Alpha Woman

A woman of beauty, a woman of grace, an educated woman who exemplifies her race.

She is cultured and diverse, always doing the best she can. She is spiritual and blessed, committed to lending a helping hand.

She's full and complete, mind, body, and soul. Her Alpha Kappa Alpha sisterhood has made her whole.
by Members of Rho Mu[8]

The poem "Alpha Kappa Alpha Woman" was written in 2002 by Alpha Kappa Alpha members of the Rho Mu chapter at the University of Richmond.[8] The poem describes the ideal Alpha Kappa Alpha woman.

Listed below are notable Alpha Kappa Alpha women such as the founders and international presidents, and members who are involved in the fields of arts and entertainment, business, civil rights, education, health, law, politics, science, and sports.

[edit] Founders and incorporators

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Lucy Diggs Slowe
Norma Boyd
Norma Boyd
Joanna Berry Shields
Joanna Berry Shields
Julia Evangeline Brooks
Julia Evangeline Brooks
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; teacher; guiding light of sorority founding [9]
Beulah Burke Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; home economics teacher [10]
Lillie Burke Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; English teacher in Pennsylvania and North Carolina [11]
Lucy Diggs Slowe Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; principal; tennis champion; Dean of Women, Howard University [12]
Margaret Flagg Holmes Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; Latin teacher [13]
Marie Woolfolk Taylor Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; teacher [14]
Anna Easter Brown Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; history teacher in Rocky Mount, North Carolina [15]
Lavinia Norman Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; teacher [16]
Marjorie Hill Alpha Founder: Original Group in 1908; teacher at Morgan College [17]
Alice P. Murray Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; graduate of liberal arts and pedagogy [18]
Sarah Meriweather Nutter Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; teacher [19]
Joanna Mary Berry Shields Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; teacher at Slater Normal School, now known as Winston-Salem State University [20]
Carrie Snowden Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; switchboard operator at Howard University [17]
Harriet Josephine Terry Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; teacher at Alabama A&M University where a building is named in her honor [21]
Ethel Jones Mowbray Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; Incorporator of 1913; Culinary Artist and teacher [10]
Norma Elizabeth Boyd Alpha Founder: Sophomore Group, Class of 1910; Incorporator of 1913; mathematics teacher; founder of Non-Partisan Council [17]
Nellie M. Quander Alpha Incorporator of 1913; First Supreme Basileus of organization [22]
Julia Evangeline Brooks Alpha Incorporator of 1913; English and Spanish teacher; School principal and dean of girls at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. [23]
Nellie Pratt Russell Alpha Incorporator of 1913; English teacher at St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School for 50 years [24]
Minnie B. Smith Alpha Incorporator of 1913; teacher [25]


[edit] International presidents

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Alpha Kappa Alpha International Presidents[22]
Nellie Quander, 1913-1919  • Loraine R. Green, 1919-1923  • L. Pearl Mitchell, 1923-1925  • Pauline S. Puryear, 1925-1927  • B. Beatrix Scott, 1927-1929  • Maudelle B. Bousfield, 1929-1931  • Maude B. Porter, 1931-1933  • Ida L. Jackson, 1933-1936  • Margaret D. Bowen, 1936-1939  • Dorothy B. Ferebee, 1939-1941  • Beulah T. Whitby, 1941–1946  • Edna O. Campbell, 1946-1949  • Laura Lovelace, 1949–1953  • Arnetta G. Wallace, 1953–1958  • Marjorie H. Parker, 1958–1962  • Julia B. Purnell, 1962–1966  • Larzette Hale, 1966–1970  • Mattelia B. Grays, 1970–1974  • Bernice I. Sumlin, 1974–1978  • Barbara K. Phillips, 1978–1982  • Faye B. Bryant, 1982–1986  • Janet Jones Ballard, 1986-1990  • Mary Shy Scott, 1990–1994  • Eva L. Evans, 1994–1998  • Norma S. White, 1998–2002  • Linda White, 2002–2006  • Barbara A. McKinzie, 2006–current


[edit] Arts and entertainment

[edit] Artists and illustrators

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Kristye Addison Lambda Theta visual artist- painter [26]
Elmer Lucille Allen Beta Epsilon ceramic artist; one of the first African-American female chemists in the United States [27]
Barbara Chase-Riboud Delta Mu sculptor and author [28]


Jan Spivey Gilchrist Honorary illustrator [29]
Anita Posey Lowe Nu ceramic artist [30][31]
Barbara Madden-Swain Alpha Omicron Omega ceramic artist [30][32]
Mary Park Washington Kappa Omega painter, illustrator, collage artist [30][33]
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Honorary artist and sculptor [29]
Laura Wheeling Waring Honorary artist, painter, and writer [29]


[edit] Actresses

Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad
Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Inga Ballard Mu Kappa theatre actress, roles include "Motormouth Maybelle" in 'Hairspray', "Mazeppa" in 'Gypsy' [30]
Raney Branch Nu Alpha actress, independent films [34]
Tamula Browning Mu Xi theatre actress" 'Beehive', National Tour; 'Buddy', National Tour [30]
Vanessa Bell Calloway Delta Phi actress in Coming to America [35][36]
Olivia Cole Honorary first African-American actress to win an Emmy award [29]
Cicily Daniels Xi Omicron actress, singer; credits include Ugly Betty, Broadway productions of The Little Mermaid and Rent; along with the film Across the Universe [30]
Loretta Devine Epsilon Lambda actress on Waiting to Exhale and This Christmas; one of the original Dreamgirls [37]
Tanisha Lynn Eanes Lambda actress; portrayed Danielle Frye on All My Children [30]
Marla Gibbs Honorary actress on 227 and The Jeffersons [29]
Andrea Hayes Omicron Theta Omega actress, St. Louis Black Repertory Company [30]
Nichelle Nichols Honorary actress on Star Trek; NASA recruiter [29]
Jo Marie Payton-Noble Honorary actress on Family Matters [29]
Phylicia Rashad Alpha actress on The Cosby Show, first African-American female to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress [38]
Jada Pinkett-Smith Honorary actress and singer [29]
Roxie Roker Alpha actress on The Jeffersons [39]
Medina Senghore Alpha actress- theatre and independent films [40]
Wanda Sykes Gamma Theta actress and comedian [41]
Lynn Whitfield Honorary Emmy award winning actress [29]


[edit] Authors

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Anna Julia Cooper
Anna Julia Cooper
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Maya Angelou Honorary poet, dancer, producer, playwright, film director, author [29]
Tajuana Butler Beta Epsilon author of Sorority Sisters, Hand-Me-Down Heartache, Just My Luck [42]
Anna Julia Cooper "unknown" author of A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South; feminist [43]
Marvel Cooke "unknown" civil rights activist, first African-American woman to work at a white newspaper, Compass [44]
Edwidge Danticat Lambda author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Crik Crak [45]
Sadie and Bessie Delany Honorary authors of Having Our Say and civil rights activists [29]
Leslie Eisdale "unknown" author of Slow Burn and Sundance [46]
Lolita Files Iota Lambda Scenes From A Sistah, Getting To The Good Part, and Blind Ambitions [46]
Valada S. Flewellyn Honorary poet and author [29]


Shirley Taylor Haizlip "unknown" author The Sweeter the Juice and Finding Grace; first woman to manage a television station in the United States [46]
Andrea Lyle-Wilson Honorary writer; granddaughter of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle [29]
Felicia Mason "unknown" author "For the Love of You", "Rhapsody," "Foolish Heart" [46]
Bebe Moore Campbell Honorary author of Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me [29]
Michelle Morial Honorary journalist [29]
Toni Morrison Alpha Nobel Prize winning author [47]
Lillian Rogers Parks Honorary author of My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House and White House maid and seamstress [29]
Sonia Sanchez Lambda poet [48]
Ntozake Shange Honorary playwright and performance artist of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf. [29]
Reshonda Tate-Billingsley Delta Xi journalist and author [49]
Alice Walker Honorary Pulitzer Prize winning author [45][29]
Donda West Alpha Eta author of Raising Kanye; Chairwoman of English Department at Chicago State University, mother of Kanye West [50]
Iyanla Vanzant Honorary author and attorney [29]


[edit] Dancers

Carmen de Lavallade-Holder
Carmen de Lavallade-Holder
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Lauren Anderson Honorary first ballerina of Houston Ballet [29]
Chauniece Conner Epsilon Epsilon principal dancer, River City Ballet Company; Founder and Artistic Director, Ballet on Wheels [51]
Virginia Johnson Honorary ballerina [29]
Jennifer Jones Epsilon Chi Core dancer Lindy Hop All-star Dancers; winner, 2004 American Lindy Hop Championships Open Showcase division; winner, 2003 New York Lindy Hop Open Champions Routine division [52]
Carmen de Lavallade-Holder Honorary dancer and choreographer; wife of Geoffrey Holder [29]


[edit] Filmmakers and producers

Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Abiola Abrams Alpha Mu independent filmmaker best known for "Knives in My Throat" and "Ophelia's Opera", author, actress, tv host [53]
Julie Dash Honorary filmmaker of Daughters of the Dust [29]
Yvette Lee Bowser Xi Beta writing and producing Half & Half, Living Single, and A Different World. [48]
Charity Burton Pi Gamma producer, Five Sisters Production Company [54]


[edit] Miss America & Miss USA contestants

Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Mistie Adams Beta Psi Miss Maryland 2001 [55]
Suzette Charles Honorary Miss America 1984 for seven weeks after Vanessa Lynn Williams [29]
Victoria Franklin Iota Tau Miss Nevada USA 2004 [56]
Mia Heaston Epsilon Epsilon Miss Illinois USA 2007 (First African-American) [57]
Janaye Ingram Alpha Pi Miss New Jersey 2004 [58]
Myah Moore Pi Sigma Miss Oregon USA 2003 [59]
Danica Tisdale Mu Pi Miss Georgia 2004 [60]
Debbye Turner Honorary Miss America 1990; veterinarian [29]
Marjorie Vincent Beta Miss America 1991; news anchor [61]


[edit] Singers and musicians

Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Marian Anderson Honorary First African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera [29]
Etta Moten Barnett Delta The first African-American woman invited to sing at the White House [62]
Cicely Beasley Chi Opera Singer (retired) [30]
Maude Cuney-Hare Honorary pianist and writer [29]
Ella Fitzgerald Honorary jazz singer [29]
Mareda Gaither-Graves Zeta Nu Omega classical soprano [63]
Antoinette Garnes Honorary concert performer [29]
Stepanie Hancock Mu Omega Omega singer; This Happy Madnes [30]
Hazel L. Harrison Honorary pianist [29]
Alika Hope Bryant Boulé opera singer [64]
Caterina Jarboro Honorary opera singer [29]
Alicia Keys Honorary Grammy-award winning R&B singer [29]
Gladys Knight Honorary Lead singer of Gladys Knight and the Pips; Grammy award winning gospel and R&B artist [29]
Jessye Norman Honorary opera singer [29]
Delores Parker-Morgan Honorary pianist and soloist [29]
Tiffany Riddick Rho Kappa Omega singer; member of The Mamas - background vocalists for Beyoncé [65]
Cassandra Wilson Gamma Rho jazz singer [66]
Sherry Winston Alpha Grammy-nominated jazz flutist [67]


[edit] Television

Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Xernona Clayton Brady Alpha Psi creator of CNN's Trumpet Awards and creator of the "Xernona Clayton Show" on WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. [61]
Dorothy Brunson Honorary first African-American female to own a television station, WGTW-TV [29]
Dr. Zoanne Clack Honorary Writer for Grey's Anatomy [68]
Belva Davis Honorary First African-American news anchor on the West Coast [29]
Stephanie Elam Alpha CNN Business News correspondent [69]
Tamara Hooks Alpha one of two African-American hosts for the Home Shopping Network [70]
Janice Huff Zeta Omicron Meteorologist for WNBC in New York City [71]
Constance Jones Theta Upsilon news anchor/reporter, KOCO Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KETK-TV in East Texas [72]
Star Jones Lambda Zeta author, television host and attorney [73]
Muriel Lyle-Smith Honorary television producer; Granddaughter of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle [29]
Lark McCarthy Iota Gamma former news anchor for WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. for 17 years. [61]
Amie McLain Alpha Reporter for NBC2, Fort Myers, FL [74]
Kathy Times Beta Alpha Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter WVTM-TV (NBC13) in Birmingham, Alabama; vice president/broadcast of National Association of Black Journalists. [75]
JaQuitta Williams Gamma Upsilon Anchor/Reporter for WSB-TV, ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia [76]


[edit] Civil rights

Bernice King
Bernice King
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Zernona Black Alpha Tau Omega Wife of Claude Black; civil rights advocate [77]
Rose Butler Browne "unknown" teacher at Virginia State University and North Carolina Central University; civil rights activist [44]
Septima Poinsette Clark Gamma Xi Omega education activist, trained Rosa Parks during workshops at Highlander Folk School School [44][78]
Pauline Redmond Coggs Epsilon Kappa Omega African-American woman to head the Urban League in Washington, D.C, personal confidante to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt [79]
Johnnie Rebecca Carr Honorary Civil Rights Activist [29]
Virginia Foster Durr Honorary Civil Rights Activist who supported sit-ins and the Freedom Rides [29][80]
Ada Sipuel Fisher "unknown" Desegregated the University of Oklahoma College of Law in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma [81]
Bernice King Mu Pi Civil Rights leader; daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King [82]
Rosa Parks Honorary Civil Rights leader; Stemmed the Montgomery Bus Boycott [29]
Coretta Scott King Honorary Civil Rights leader; Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King [29]
Mary E. Peabody Honorary activist in civil and human rights [29]
C. Delores Tucker Honorary Civil Rights activist [29]


[edit] Education

Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Julia Lathrop
Julia Lathrop
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Keva Bethel Honorary Educator from Nassau, Bahamas [83][29]
Zerrie D. Campbell Delta Omicron President of Malcolm X College in Chicago [84]
Marva Collins Alpha Pi founder of a Chicago private school [48]
Anna E. Cooper Alpha dean of College of Liberia [85]


Gloria Harper Dickinson Lambda Department Chair of African American Studies at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ, President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, International Regional Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and webmaster for the Association of Black Women Historians. [84]
Nancy Randolph Davis Beta Sigma Omega 1st African-American to attend graduate school at Oklahoma State University [86]


Sarah Moore Greene Honorary education activist [29]
Rubye Marie Hibler Hall "unknown" first African-American to graduate from the Department of English at the University of Oklahoma. Former chairwoman of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education [86]
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Honorary first African-American female on the Young Women's Christian Association's board; founder of Palmer Memorial Institute [29]
JoAnn Haysbert "unknown" President of Langston University [84]
Ethel H. Hall Honorary Vice-President of Alabama's State Board of Education [29]
Ruth Wright Hayre "unknown" the first full-time African-American teacher in the Philadelphia public school system, the first African-American senior high school principal, as well as the first female president of the Philadelphia Board of Education [87]
Julia Lathrop Honorary first Children's Bureau director [29]
Shirley A. R. Lewis Rho President of Paine College [84]
Elma Lewis Honorary Founded National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts [29][78]
Ruth Love "unknown" Former Superintendent, Oakland Public Schools, first African-American woman to serve as Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. [88]
Elise McDougald-Ayer Honorary activist in vocational education [29]
Carolyn Meyers "unknown" President of Norfolk State University [84]
Dorothy Phillips Alpha Psi First African-American female to earn a Bachelor's Degree from Vanderbilt University (TN); first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati (OH). [89]
Emma Sarah Ransom Honorary educator and social worker [29]
Mary Evans Sias Gamma Omicron President of Kentucky State University [84]
Ruth Simmons Honorary First African-American President of an Ivy League institution (Brown University); president of Smith College (1995-2001) [29]
Brenda Smith Alpha Xi Superintendent of Mount Vernon (NY) City School District [89]
Dolores R. Spikes "unknown" President of Southern University System from 1988 to 1996. [84]
Dorothy Cowser Yancy Gamma Delta President of Johnson C. Smith University [84]


[edit] Heads of organizations and business executives

Frederica S. Wilson
Frederica S. Wilson
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Vanita Banks "unknown" President of the National Bar Association [75]
Mary L. Bell Honorary first African-American to own and operate a radio station in the city of Detroit; president and chairperson of the Bell Broadcasting Corporation [29]
Jessie Bryant Mosley Honorary Founder of the Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center [29]
Margaret Burroughs Honorary Founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois [29]
Margaret Busby Honorary first African-American book publisher in the United Kingdom; also was inducted into the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. [29]
Margaret Bush Wilson Chi chaired the NAACP's national board of directors in 1975 [90][91]
Louise Butler Gamma Epsilon Global marketing director, personal care division Avon [86]
Emma C. Chappell Honorary First African-American female to form a commercial bank in the United States [29]
Barbara Ciara Upsilon Omicron Omega President of the National Association of Black Journalists, Managing Editor and Primary Anchor at WTKR NewsChannel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia, the youngest female and first African-American to become news director at a commercial television station in the Southwest (KZAZ-TV in Tucson, Arizona). [75]
Deborah S. Coleman Honorary Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for National Urban League [68]
Jocelyn Cooper-Halliburton Tau Omega the first and only African-American woman to run a major publishing company- Midnight Songs; former Head of A&R at Universal Records and Senior Vice President/Special Assistant to the Chairman (Doug Morris) of the Universal Music Group; Advisor, Brooklyn New Music Fest [92]
Terri Dean Alpha Sigma Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Verizon [89]
Bettiann Gueno Gardner Honorary First African-American woman to be part owner of a major National Basketball Association team, the Chicago Bulls. [29]
Patricia P. Gibson Honorary Businesswoman recipient of the William F. Nabors Marketer of the Year Award [29]
Linda Gill Xi Omega General Manager, Founder Kimani Press [93]
Hazel Harper-Johns Alpha first woman president of the National Dental Association in 1997. [44]
Marjorie Fields Harris "unknown" principal consultant with the Fields Harris Group, LLC; Executive Director, National Action Network [94]
Alice Huffman "unknown" president of the California State Conference of the NAACP [95]
Catherine L. Hughes Honorary Founder and owner of Radio One [29]
Jane Edna Hunter Honorary nurse who founded Phyllis Wheatley Association & House in Cleveland [29]
Gwendolyn Smith Iloani "unknown" Former Managing Director, Aetna; Chair and CEO, Smith Whiley and Co. Venture Capital Investment Firm [89]
June Jackson Christmas Honorary founder of the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in Harlem, New York [29]
Jewell Jackson McCabe Honorary founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women [29]
Wilhelmina Lawrence Honorary President of the A.M.E. Church Women's Missionary Society [29]
Lucille McAllister Scott "unknown" co-owner of Atlanta Daily World [61]
Depelsha McGruder Alpha Senior Vice-President, Business Operations, MTV [96]
Enolia McMillan Honorary first female national president of NAACP [29]
Cecilia Nabrit Adkins Honorary first to lead the Publisher's Association [29]
Ernesta Procope Honorary President of E. G. Bowman Company, Incorporated [29][97]
Cleo Parker Robinson Honorary Artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater [29]
Suzanne de Passe Honorary only African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for writing; CEO of de Passe Entertainment [29]
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland "unknown" Vice President of Northern Regions Energy Delivery Services, Progress Energy; the first female and first African-American to chair the State Board of Community Colleges in North Carolina. [89]
Rupert F. Richardson Beta Psi NAACP President from 1992 to 1995 [98]
Carol Thompson Cole Honorary President and Chief Executive Officer of Venture Philanthropy Partners [29][99]
Jessie L. Vann Honorary publisher of Pittsburgh Courier [29]
Addie D. Waites-Hunton Honorary one founder of the National Association of Colored Women [29]
Faye Wattleton Theta President of Planned Parenthood from 1978 to 1992; President of Center for the Advancement of Women [90]
Delores D. Wharton Honorary President of the Fund for Corporate Initiatives; on the Board of Directors for Phillips Petroleum, Gannett, and Kellogg [29][100]
Carol H. Williams Honorary founder of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency [68]
Frederica Wilson Pi Founder and Executive Director of 5000 Role Models of Excellence, Incorporated [90][101]


Jacquline Woodard Rho Mu Omega CEO, Performance-based Systems, Inc. [102]
Jacquline Woods Mu Kappa Vice President of licensing and Oracle Corporation; Former President, Ameritech Illinois and Ameritech Ohio [103]


[edit] Health and science

Patricia E. Bath
Patricia E. Bath
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Ethel Alpenfels Honorary anthropologist [29]
Patricia E. Bath Lambda first African-American female to receive a patent for a medical procedure, the Cataract Laserphaco Probe in 1988 [44]
Sara N. Brown Honorary physician and first female alumna trustee of Howard University [29]
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee Epsilon advocate for women's health; established health clinics in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi [104]
Edith Finlayson Honorary nurse [29]
Marilyn Hughes Gaston Honorary pediatrician and Assistant Surgeon General [29]
Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant Beta Alpha Omega media psychologist who is an advice columnist for Essence [44]
Mae Jemison Honorary First African-American female astronaut in space [105]
Margaret M. Lawrence Honorary child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst [29]
Jewell Plummer Cobb Chi cancer researcher, former President of California State University [44]
Jane C. Wright Honorary surgeon and cancer researcher [29]


[edit] Judges

Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Vicki Miles-LaGrange
Peggy Quince
Peggy Quince
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Joan Bernard Armstrong Honorary Judge in New Orleans [29]
Constance Baker Motley Honorary African American civil rights activist, judge, and state senator [29]
Julia Cooper Mack Honorary Senior judge of District of Columbia's Court of Appeals [29]
Lenora Gerald Nu Mu Judge, Queens County (NY) Criminal Court [86]
Bertina Lampkin Honorary circuit court judge [29]
Joyce London Alexander Honorary Chief Judge in Massachusetts State Court; judge in U.S. Magistrate [29]
Vicki Miles-LaGrange Beta Sigma Omega First African-American Federal District Judge in Western District of Oklahoma. [106][107]
Alice O. McCollum Beta Eta Omega 1st African-American female municipal judge, Dayton, Ohio; County Probate Judge for Montgomery County, Ohio. [108]
Valerie Braithwaite Nelson Iota Upsilon Judge, Circuit Court of New York [86]
Peggy Quince Alpha First African-American Supreme Court Justice on the Florida Supreme Court. [109][107]
Fern Flanagan Saddler Xi Omega D.C. Superior Court Judge [110]
Leah Ward Sears Mu Upsilon First African-American Chief Supreme Court Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court. [111][107]


[edit] Political figures

[edit] Humanitarian and social causes

Jane Addams
Jane Addams
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Jane Addams Honorary Founder of Hull House in Chicago; Nobel Peace Prize recipient [29]
Elinor Guggenheimer Honorary humanitarian and founder of the Women's Forum [29]
Ann Sunsteen Kheel Honorary philanthropist [29]
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai Honorary first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize [68]
Lou Nelle Sutton Honorary State Representative of Texas. Completed a State Office Complex outside of Austin. [29]
Eleanor Roosevelt Honorary First Lady; humanitarian [29]
Addie Waita Hunton Honorary A founder of the National Association of Colored Women. Co-author of Two Colored Women with the A.E.F. [29]


[edit] Non-elected officials

Gayleatha Brown
Gayleatha Brown
Hazel O'Leary
Hazel O'Leary
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Gayleatha B. Brown Honorary United States Ambassador from the Republic of Benin [29]
Donna Hill Staton Iota Lambda Omega first African American female deputy attorney general in Maryland, first Black circuit court judge in Howard County, MD [112]
Hazel O'Leary Pi first African-American and first female United States Secretary of Energy, President of Fisk University [113]
Azie Taylor Morton "unknown" First and only African-American to serve as United States Treasurer [86]


[edit] U.S. politicians

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Eva L. Clayton
Eva L. Clayton
Cardiss Collins
Cardiss Collins
Katie Hall
Katie Hall
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Diane Watson
Diane Watson
Bonnie Watson-Coleman
Bonnie Watson-Coleman
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Alma Allen Xi Alpha Omega Representative to Texas State Legislature [89]
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Alpha Gamma Democratic Congresswoman of California's 37th Congressional District from 1973 to 1975 and represented California's 28th Congressional District from 1975 to 1979. Also represents the second district on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, named Democratic National Convention’s co-chairman (1972) becoming the first African American woman to serve in that position in any major political party. [48]
Rosetta Burke Honorary New York State and Army National Guard's Assistant Adjutant General [29]
Eva M. Clayton Gamma Delta Democratic Congresswoman of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District from 1993 to 2003. [114]
Cardiss Collins Honorary Democratic Congresswoman of Illinois' 7th Congressional District from 1973 to 1997. [29]
Vivian Davis Figures Delta Theta Omega Alabama State Senator [115]
Katie Hall Zeta Phi Democratic Congresswoman of Indiana's 1st Congressional District from 1982-1985. [116]
Kamala Harris Alpha First female District Attorney, San Francisco, CA; First African-American District Attorney in California [117]
Sheila Jackson-Lee Alpha Kappa Omega Democratic Congresswoman of Texas's 18th Congressional District [116]
Eddie Bernice Johnson Alpha Xi Omega Democratic Congresswoman of Texas's 30th Congressional District [116]
Mamie E. Locke Gamma Omicron State Senator, Virginia; former Mayor, Hampton, VA; Dean School of Liberal Arts, Hampton University [86]
Juanita Millender-McDonald Alpha Gamma Omega Former Democratic Congresswoman of California's 37th Congressional District [118]
Gwendolyn M. Miller Gamma Theta Omega Chairperson, Tampa (FL) City Council; First African-American female elected to Tampa City Council [119]
Sharon Pratt Kelly Alpha first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. [48]
M. Athalie Range Honorary first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission and Florida's the Department of Community Affairs. [29]
Alma G. Stallworth Honorary Michigan state representative [29]
Lou Nelle Sutton Honorary Texas state representative [29]
Alisha Thomas Morgan Nu Lambda Omega Youngest elected member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia. [120]
Marietta Tree Honorary First U.S. woman ambassador to the United Nations. Founder, Syndenham Hospital, Harlem, the first interracial hospital in the United States. [29]
C. Delores Tucker Honorary Civil Rights Activist; First African-American Secretary of State in Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1977. [29]
Diane Watson Alpha Gamma Democratic Congresswoman of California's 33rd Congressional District [118]
Bonnie Watson Coleman Epsilon Upsilon Omega Democratic assemblywoman for New Jersey [121]


[edit] World leaders

Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit
Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Diane Abbott Tau Sigma Omega British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. [85][122]
Cheryl Albury Honorary Serves on the Bahamas Supreme Court [29][83]
Angie Elisabeth Brooks Eta Beta Omega first African female President of the United Nations General Assembly from Liberia. [85]
Dame Nita Barrow Honorary Governor-general from Barbados; Permanent representative to the United Nations [29]
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Eta Beta Omega First female president of Liberia [123]
Gloria McPhee Alpha First female Cabinet Minister, Bermuda; Member of the Bermuda Cabinet [124]
Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit Honorary First female President of the United Nations General Assembly; Indian diplomat [29][83]
Edith Mai Padmore Honorary cabinet member from Liberia [29]
Lois Marion Roselyn Perinchielf Honorary First female mayor of Bermuda [29][83]
Sheila Makate Sisulu Honorary South African ambassador to the United States [29]
Edith G. Ssempala Honorary United States Ambassador from Uganda [29]
Sylvia Ross Talbot Honorary churchwoman from St. Croix, Virgin Islands [29]
Leah Tutu Honorary Wife of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu [29]


[edit] Religion

Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Cheryl Moore Adamson Theta Gamma founding pastor of the Palmetto Missionary Baptist Church, Conway, South Carolina [125]
Arnetta Beverly Omicron Psi Omega District Superintendent, Northeast District, United Methodist Church [126]
D'Mrtri Cato-Watson Zeta Omicron Pastor, Harris Chapel United Methodist Church, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Pastor, Kirkman Road United Methodist Church, Orlando, FLNortheast District, United Methodist Church [30]
Rev. Portia Annette Cavitt "unknown" Pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in South Omaha, Nebraska [127]
Rev. Leontine T. C. Kelly "unknown" First African-American female bishop; Second female bishop in the United Methodist Church [128]
Mia Knight Wright Delta Xi Founder and Executive Director of Metamorphosis Empowerment Conference; Co-Pastor, The Fountain Of Praise Church, Houston, TX [129]


[edit] Sports

Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
C. Vivian Stringer
C. Vivian Stringer
Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Robin Aikens Lambda Alpha Omega Division I Golf Coach, Chicago State University, founder InnerCityGolf [130]
Alice Coachman Davis Honorary First African-American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the first American woman to win a gold medal in track and field duringthe 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. [29]
Brandit Copper Theta Sigma Former professional track runner, college all-American; assistant track coach, United States Military Academy, assistant coach California State University-Fullerton [131]
Vonetta Flowers Honorary Gold-medal winner of bobsledding competition in the 2002 Winter Olympics [29]
Chryste Gaines Alpha Sigma Omega United States track champion; bronze medal winner, 2000 Olympics; [132]
Zina Garrison Honorary First African-American to win a tennis medal [29]
Althea Gibson Beta Alpha First African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis [133][134]
Chamique Holdsclaw Honorary Top WNBA draft pick; basketball player [29][135]
Shannon Perry Epsilon Theta Women's Basketball Assistant Coach, Duke University; former Assistant Coach University of Southern California Women's Basketball team [136]
Danya Pilgrim Pi Beta Head Coach, Field Hockey, Bryn Mawr College; head field hockey coach, State University of New York at Oswego; assistant coach, Wittenberg University [137]
Lucy Diggs Slowe Alpha first African-American to win a national championship in any sport (tennis) [138]
Dolly "Mabel" Landry Staton Beta Member, United States Track and Field Team, 1952 Olympics; won several national championships in 50 meters and long jump. [139]
C. Vivian Stringer Honorary Rutgers University head basketball coach [68]
Debi Thomas "unknown" First African-American figure skater to win a gold medal [140]
Tonique Williams-Darling Mu Lambda Gold medal Bahamian runner in the 400 meter track at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [141]
Corrinne Wright Eta Xi nine-time All-American in gymnastics, won NCAA championships in all-around and floor exercise in 1989; member of the U.S. National team; Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey [142]


[edit] Other

Name Original Chapter Notability Reference
Pauletta Brown Blueitt Omicron Epsilon Omega the first African-American female to achieve the rank of colonel in the Air Force Medical Service Corps [30]
Tobie Brown Beta Zeta Model, Ebony Fashion Fair [143]
Emma Clarissa Clement Honorary Mother of the Year in 1946 [29]
Keisha Dean Beta Alpha Fashion and Jewelry Designer [30][144]
Elena Diaz-Verson Amos Honorary First female president of the Latin American Studies Club [29]
Kathryn Dickerson Honorary First female to be honored with "Man of the Year" by the Chicago Urban League [29]
Leecia Eve "unknown" Counsel to Senator Hillary Clinton [145]
Venus Hylton Alpha Theta Jewelry Designer [30][146]
Wyona Lynch-McWhite Alpha Mu Omega director of the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum Roanoke, VA; former curator, Columbus Museum Uptown, Columbus, GA [30][147]
Cleo Parker Robinson Honorary Artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater [29]
Patricia Russell-McCloud Zeta Xi Omega Internationally-known motivational speaker; former National President, The Links, Inc; author. [30][148]


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[edit] References

  • McNealey, Earnestine G. (2006). Pearls of Service: The Legacy of America’s First Black Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  ISBN 2006928528
  • Parker, Marjorie H. (1958). Alpha Kappa Alpha: 1908-1958. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 
  • Parker, Marjorie H. (1966). Alpha Kappa Alpha: Sixty Years of Service. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 
  • Parker, Marjorie H. (1979). Alpha Kappa Alpha: In the Eye of the Beholder. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 
  • Parker, Marjorie H. (1990). Alpha Kappa Alpha Through the Years: 1908-1988. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 
  • Parker, Marjorie H. (1999). Past is Prologue: The History of Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908-1999. Chicago: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  ISBN 0933244002
  • Ross, Jr., Lawrence (2000). The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities in America. New York: Kensington.  ISBN 1575664917


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