Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization of women which was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two (22) collegiate women at Howard University in Washington D.C. The organization was incorporated in 1930.

Beloved Founders Of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Courageous Women of Vision

(First Row): Winona Cargile Alexander, Madree Penn White, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Vashti Turley Murphy, Ethel Cuff Black, Fredericka Chase Dodd
(Second Row): Osceola Macarthy Adams, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Edna Brown Coleman, Edith Mott Young, Marguerite Young Alexander, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Eliza P. Shippen
(Third Row): Zephyr Chisom Carter, Myra Davis Hemmings, Mamie Reddy Rose, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Florence Letcher Toms, Olive Jones, Jessie McGuire Dent, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Ethel Carr Watson.

The artist is Tarleton Blackwell.

The original portrait is the property of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and hangs in the Sorority's National Headquarters office in Washington, D.C.

National Website: www.deltasigmatheta.org