In the beginning...

Nine Howard University students were led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle into a sisterhood in 1908. Four years later, Nellie Quander and her gallant and visionary associates contributed the added dimension of national organization and perpetual membership. These women and those who have come after them, the never-ending stream of eternally young, hopeful, enthusiastic women, need to be remembered.

Founding Member

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

The Original Founding Group

Anna Brown

Beulah Burke

Lillian Burke

Marjorie Hill

Margaret Holmes

Lavinia Norman

Lucy Slowe

Marie Taylor

The Sophomore Founders

Norma Boyd

Ethel Mowbray

Alice Murray

Sarah Nutter

Joanna Shields

Carrie Snowden

Harriet Terry

The Incorporators

Norma Boyd

Julia Brooks

Ethel Mowbray

Nellie Quander

Nellie Russell

Minnie Smith

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