Kappa Delta was founded on October 23, 1897 at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Its founders were Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, Sara Turner White and Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Jenn Winslow Coltrane was an initiate of the Randolph-Macon Woman’s College chapter.
Jenn Winslow Coltrane, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Mynelle Westbrook Green Hayward was an initiate of the Millsaps College chapter.
Mynelle Westbrook Green Hayward, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Elizabeth Finch West was an initiate of the Trinity College (now part of Duke University) chapter.
Elizabeth Finch West, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Agnes Edwards earned her Bachelor’s degree from Florida State College for Women (now Florida State University).
Agnes Edwards, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021
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Julia Fuqua Ober was an initiate of the Hollins College chapter.
Julia Fuqua Ober, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an initiate of the Randolph-Macon Woman’s College chapter.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, Kappa Delta, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
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General Claudia Kennedy is an initiate of the Southwestern at Memphis, now known as Rhodes College, chapter.
General Claudia Kennedy, Kappa Delta, #WHW2018, #notablesororitywomen
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M. Estelle Angier was an initiate of the Hollins College chapter.
M. Estelle Angier, Kappa Delta, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017
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Georgia O’Keeffe was an initiate of the Chatham Episcopal Institute (now Chatham Hall) chapter.
Georgia O’Keeffe on Kappa Delta’s Founding Day
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Janet Marie Smith is an initiate of the Mississippi State University chapter.
A Baseball Stadium Designer on Kappa Delta’s Founders’ Day
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Olga Achtenhagen was an initiate of the Lawrence College (now University) chapter.
Olga Achtenhagen, Kappa Delta, on Founders’ Day #NotableSororityWomen
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Effie Moncure was an initiate of the Louisiana State University chapter.
Kappa Delta and Effie Moncure, Lawyer
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Ruth Johnson Colvin was an initiate of the Northwestern University chapter.
#WHM – Ruth Johnson Colvin, Kappa Delta and Literacy Advocate
