AJC Sepia Greek Spotlight: The Founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

AJC Sepia Greek Spotlight: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
AJC Sepia Greek Spotlight: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
The Original Nine:
Anna Easter Brown: Educator (1879 – 1957)
Beulah Elizabeth Burke: Educator (1885 – 1975)
Lillie E. Burke: Educator (1884 –1949)
Marjorie Hill: Educator (Birth unknown)
Margaret Flagg (Holmes): Educator (1886 – 1976)
Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle): Educator (1887 – 1950)
Lavinia Norman: Educator (1882 – 1983)
Lucy Diggs Slowe: College Dean (1885 – 1937)
Marie Woolfolk (Taylor): Social Worker (1893 – 1960)
The Sophomores
Joanna Berry (Shields) Educator (1884 – 1965)
Norma Elizabeth Boyd: Educator (1888 – 1985)
Ethel Jones (Mowbray): Culinary Artist (Birth Unknown)
Sarah Meriwether (Nutter): Educator (Birth Unknown)
Alice Porter Murray: Educator (Birth & Death Unknown)
Carrie E. Snowden: Educator (Birth Unknown)
Harriet Josephine Terry: Educator (1885 – 1967)
The Incorporators
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. was founded on Jan. 15, 1908 on the campus of Howard University. Forming the sorority, the first of its kind for black women, broke barriers for black women who at the time had lacked power, authority and opportunities.