Marjorie Hill

Marjorie Hill
Marjorie Hill, original founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Died	1909

Marjorie Hill (died 1909) was one of the original nine of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated's twenty founders at Howard University. Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first sorority to be founded by African-American women. Although Hill died, the legacy she created with Alpha Kappa Alpha has continued to generate social capital for nearly 100 years.

Howard University and career

After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in education and political science at Howard University in 1908, Hill taught at Morgan College in Baltimore, Maryland. Hill was a "small, sweet girl" who fulfilled her tasks.^[1] She died young in 1909.^[2]

References

↑ Parker, Marjorie H. Alpha Kappa Alpha: In the Eye of the Beholder. (1979) p. 16.
↑ "Alpha Kappa Alpha Centennial: Founders" (PDF). Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. April 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-27.

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Founders and Incorporators of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Margaret Flagg Holmes Beulah Burke Lillie Burke Lucy Diggs Slowe Marie Woolfolk Taylor Anna Easter Brown Lavinia Norman Marjorie Hill Joanna Mary Berry Shields Ethel Jones Mowbray Sarah Meriwether Nutter Harriet Josephine Terry Norma Elizabeth Boyd Alice P. Murray Carrie Snowden Nellie M. Quander Minnie B. Smith Julia Evangeline Brooks Nellie Pratt Russell

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