List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters facts for kids

Members of Congress, all of whom are Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters, among them then-Senator Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President of the United States

This list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorors (commonly referred to as AKAs) includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΑΚΑ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, honor students who are also considered founders and are known as The Sophomores of 1910.

Alpha Kappa Alpha has a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as its highest honor.

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Listed below are notable Alpha Kappa Alpha women such as the founders and international presidents, and members who are involved in the fields of arts and entertainment, business, civil rights, education, health, law, politics, science, literature and sports.

Arts and entertainment

Artists and illustrators

Name Original chapter Notability References Elmer Lucille Allen Beta Epsilon ceramic artist; one of the first African-American female chemists in the US Barbara Chase-Riboud Delta Mu sculptor and author Kristye Addison Dudley Lambda Theta visual artist, painter Jan Spivey Gilchrist Honorary illustrator Anita Posey Lowe Nu ceramic artist Barbara Madden-Swain Alpha Omicron Omega ceramic artist Laura Wheeler Waring Honorary artist, painter, and writer Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Honorary artist and sculptor Mary Park Washington Kappa Omega painter, illustrator, collage artist

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Actresses

Name Original chapter Notability References Inga Ballard Mu Kappa theatre actress, roles include "Motormouth Maybelle" in Hairspray, "Mazeppa" in Gypsy Raney Branch Nu Alpha actress, independent films Yvette Nicole Brown Delta Pi actress, film, television, host, and voice Tamula Browning Mu Xi theatre actress, Beehive, national tour; Buddy, national tour Vanessa Bell Calloway Delta Phi actress in Coming to America Olivia Cole Honorary first African-American actress to win an Emmy award Cicily Daniels Xi Omicron actress, singer; Ugly Betty, Broadway productions of The Little Mermaid and Rent, film Across the Universe Loretta Devine Epsilon Lambda actress in Waiting to Exhale and This Christmas; one of the original Dreamgirls Tanisha Lynn Eanes Lambda actress; portrayed Danielle Frye on All My Children Marla Gibbs Honorary actress on 227 and The Jeffersons Nichelle Nichols Honorary actress on Star Trek; NASA recruiter Brandy Norwood Honorary Grammy Award-winning singer, actress Jo Marie Payton Honorary actress on Family Matters Taylor Polidore Alpha Pi actress, roles in Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, Fatal Attraction (TV series), Snapped: Killer Couples, and Bossip Comedy Series Phylicia Rashad Alpha actress on The Cosby Show, first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress Roxie Roker Alpha actress on The Jeffersons Medina Senghore Alpha actress, theatre and independent films Jada Pinkett Smith Honorary actress and singer Tika Sumpter Honorary actress (One Life to Live, The Haves and the Have Nots) Wanda Sykes Gamma Theta actress and comedian Regina Taylor Kappa Mu Golden Globe-winning actress Lynn Whitfield Honorary Emmy Award-winning actress

Nichelle Nichols Jada Pinkett Smith Phylicia Rashad

Authors

Name Original chapter Notability References Yamiche Alcindor Omicron Pi journalist Maya Angelou Honorary poet, dancer, producer, playwright, film director, author Tajuana Butler Beta Epsilon author of Sorority Sisters, Hand-Me-Down Heartache, Just My Luck Marvel Cooke unknown civil rights activist; first African-American woman to work at a white newspaper, Compass Anna Julia Cooper Alpha author of A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South; feminist Edwidge Danticat Theta Psi Omega author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak! Crystal Black Davis Kappa author of Shaken and Stirred L. M. Davis Theta Omega author of Interlopers: A Shifters Novel Anita Davis-DeFoe Theta Pi author and social entrepreneur; A Woman's Guide to Soulful Living:Seven Keys to Life and Work Success; Tropical Escapes; Follow Her Lead: Unleashing the Greatness Within Sadie and Bessie Delany Honorary authors of Having Our Say and civil rights activists Leslie Esdaile Banks unknown author of Slow Burn and Sundance Lolita Files Iota Lambda Scenes From A Sistah, Getting To The Good Part, and Blind Ambitions Valada S. Flewellyn Honorary poet and author Ayana Gray Kappa Iota author of Beasts of Prey Shirlee Taylor Haizlip unknown author, The Sweeter the Juice and Finding Grace; first woman to manage a television station in the US Germany Kent Lambda Eta award-winning author, celebrity journalist, former beauty queen, actress, model, producer, social activist and philanthropist Karla F. C. Holloway Chi scholar, author, professor of African American Cultural Studies, Law, and Bioethics Jamilah Lemieux Delta Rho Omega writer, senior digital editor for Ebony, cultural critic Andrea Lyle-Wilson Honorary writer; granddaughter of Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Felicia Mason unknown author, For the Love of You, Rhapsody, Foolish Heart Bebe Moore Campbell Honorary author of Brothers and Sisters, Singing in the Comeback Choir, and What You Owe Me Michelle Morial Honorary journalist Toni Morrison Alpha Nobel Prize-winning author Sophia Nelson Xi Omega author of Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama; lawyer; political commentator Lillian Rogers Parks Honorary author of My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House; White House maid and seamstress Sonia Sanchez Lambda poet Sandra Seaton Chi Epsilon Omega award-winning playwright and librettist Ntozake Shange Honorary playwright and performance artist of For Colored Girls ... When the Rainbow Is Enuf Reshonda Tate-Billingsley Delta Xi journalist and author Miki Turner Sigma Omega award-winning photojournalist; author of Journey To The Woman I've Come To Love Iyanla Vanzant Honorary author and attorney Ann B. Walker Unknown Journalist and radio personality, 24th President of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Sigma Omega chapter in Columbus, Ohio Alice Walker Honorary Pulitzer Prize-winning author Donda West Alpha Eta author of Raising Kanye; Chairwoman of English Department at Chicago State University; mother of Kanye West

Maya Angelou Anna Julia Cooper Edwidge Danticat Alice Walker Donda West

Dancers

Name Original chapter Notability References Lauren Anderson Honorary first African-American principal ballerina of a major company (the Houston Ballet) Chauniece Conner Epsilon Epsilon principal dancer, River City Ballet Company; founder and Artistic Director, Ballet on Wheels Virginia Johnson Honorary ballerina Jennifer Jones Epsilon Chi core dancer, Lindy Hop All-star Dancers; winner of 2004 American Lindy Hop Championships Open Showcase division; winner of 2003 New York Lindy Hop Open Champions Routine division Carmen de Lavallade-Holder Honorary dancer and choreographer; wife of Geoffrey Holder

Carmen de Lavallade-Holder

Filmmakers and producers

Miss America, Mrs. America, Miss USA, Miss Black USA Pageant and other pageant titleholders

Singers, musicians, music business

Name Original chapter Notability References Yolanda Adams Honorary gospel singer Etta Moten Barnett Delta first African-American woman invited to sing at the White House Cicely Beasley Chi opera singer (retired) Erica Campbell Honorary gospel, christian R&B singer and songwriter Maude Cuney-Hare Honorary pianist and writer Shamari DeVoe Nu Lambda Omega R&B singer (Blaque) and reality television personality (Real Housewives of Atlanta) Ella Fitzgerald Honorary jazz singer Mareda Gaither-Graves Zeta Nu Omega classical soprano Antoinette Garnes Honorary concert performer Stepanie Hancock Mu Omega Omega singer; This Happy Madness Hazel L. Harrison Honorary pianist Alika Hope Bryant Boulé opera singer Caterina Jarboro Honorary opera singer Anne Gamble Kennedy Pi concert pianist Alicia Keys Honorary Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Gladys Knight Honorary lead singer of Gladys Knight and the Pips; Grammy Award-winning gospel and R&B artist Patti LaBelle Honorary legendary singer and songwriter Tiffany Monique Rho Kappa Omega R&B singer and songwriter; lead background vocalist for Beyoncé Jessye Norman Honorary opera singer Brandy Norwood Honorary singer Delores Parker-Morgan Honorary pianist and soloist Wande Delta Xi rapper and A&R administrator Cassandra Wilson Beta Delta Omega Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist/producer Sherry Winston Alpha Grammy-nominated jazz flutist

Antoinette Garnes Marian Anderson Ella Fitzgerald Alicia Keys

Television

Civil rights

Name Original chapter Notability References Zernona Black Alpha Tau Omega wife of Claude Black; civil rights advocate Rose Butler Browne unknown teacher at Virginia State University and North Carolina Central University; civil rights activist Johnnie Rebecca Carr Honorary civil rights activist Septima Poinsette Clark Gamma Xi Omega education activist, trained Rosa Parks during workshops at Highlander Folk School School Virginia Coffey unknown civil rights advocate and social reformer Pauline Redmond Coggs Epsilon Kappa Omega first African-American woman to head the Urban League in Washington, D.C.; personal confidante to first lady Eleanor Roosevelt Virginia Foster Durr Honorary civil rights activist who supported sit-ins and the Freedom Rides Ada Sipuel Fisher unknown desegregated the University of Oklahoma College of Law in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma Bernice King Kappa Omega civil rights leader; daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King Honorary civil rights leader; wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Parks Honorary civil rights leader; catalyst for the Montgomery bus boycott Mary E. Peabody Honorary activist in civil and human rights Minnijean Brown-Trickey Delta Beta civil rights activist, one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957 in Little Rock, Arkansas Gloria Richardson Alpha leader of the Cambridge movement, often cited as the birth of the Black Power Movement C. Delores Tucker Honorary civil rights activist

Bernice King Rosa Parks Coretta Scott King

Education

Name Original chapter Notability References Cecilia Nabrit Adkins Honorary first to lead the Publisher's Association Vanita Banks Epsilon Rho President of the National Bar Association Mary L. Bell Honorary first African-American to own and operate a radio station in the city of Detroit; president and chairperson of Bell Broadcasting Corporation Roslyn Brock Alpha Eta Chairman of the NAACP Mecole Brown Kappa Mu Vice President of Employment and Diversity, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Jessie Bryant Mosley Honorary founder of the Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Margaret Burroughs Honorary founder of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois Margaret Busby Honorary first African book publisher in the United Kingdom; writer and broadcaster; inducted into the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II Margaret Bush Wilson Chi chaired the NAACP's national board of directors in 1975 Louise Butler Gamma Epsilon global marketing director, personal care division, Avon Emma C. Chappell Honorary first African-American woman to form a commercial bank in the US Barbara Ciara Upsilon Omicron Omega president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Managing Editor and primary anchor at WTKR NewsChannel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia; youngest woman and first African-American to become news director at a commercial television station in the Southwest (KMSB-TV in Tucson, Arizona) Deborah S. Coleman Honorary Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for National Urban League Marva Collins Alpha Pi founder of Westside Preparatory School in Chicago Leathe Colvert Hemachandra Tau Omega taught in New York City schools for 28 years Jocelyn Cooper Tau Omega president of Hitco Music Publishing; first and only African-American woman to run a major publishing company, Midnight Songs; former head of A&R at Universal Records; Senior Vice President/Special Assistant to the Chairman (Doug Morris) of the Universal Music Group; advisor, Afropunk Festival Suzanne de Passe Honorary only African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for writing; CEO of de Passe Entertainment Terri Dean Alpha Sigma Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Verizon Lia Epperson Lambda Upsilon Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; civil rights activist; former Director of Education Litigation and Policy, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Bettiann Gueno Gardner Honorary first African-American woman to be part-owner of a major National Basketball Association team, the Chicago Bulls Patricia P. Gibson Honorary businesswoman, recipient of the William F. Nabors Marketer of the Year Award Linda Gill Xi Omega general manager, founder of Kimani Press LaTonya Goffney Unknown first Black superintendent of Aldine Independent School District Hazel Harper-Johns Alpha first woman president of the National Dental Association (1997) Marjorie Fields Harris unknown principal consultant with the Fields Harris Group, LLC; Executive Director, National Action Network Alice Huffman unknown president of the California State Conference of the NAACP Catherine L. Hughes Honorary founder and owner of Radio One Jane Edna Hunter Honorary nurse who founded Phyllis Wheatley Association & House in Cleveland Gwendolyn Smith Iloani Epsilon Omicron Omega former Managing Director, Aetna; Chair and CEO, Smith Whiley and Co. Venture Capital Investment Firm June Jackson Christmas Honorary founder of the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in Harlem, New York Jewell Jackson McCabe Honorary founder of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Wilhelmina Lawrence Honorary president of the A.M.E. Church Women's Missionary Society Lucille McAllister Scott unknown co-owner of Atlanta Daily World Depelsha McGruder Alpha Senior Vice-President, Business Operations, MTV Enolia McMillan Honorary first female national president of NAACP Lorraine H. Morton Gamma Lambda first African-American and longest-serving mayor of Evanston, Illinois Cleo Parker Robinson Honorary artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater Hilda Pinnix-Ragland Alpha Phi Vice President of Northern Regions Energy Delivery Services, Progress Energy; first woman and first African American to chair the State Board of Community Colleges in North Carolina Ernesta Procope Honorary president of E. G. Bowman Company, Incorporated Rupert F. Richardson Zeta Psi Omega NAACP president from 1992 to 1995 Deborah Stewart-Parker Honorary president and CEO/Consultant of International Business Solutions; first woman to lead an assembly plant at Ford Motor Company Carol Thompson Cole Honorary president and CEO of Venture Philanthropy Partners Jessie L. Vann Honorary publisher of Pittsburgh Courier Addie D. Waites-Hunton Honorary a founder of the National Association of Colored Women Faye Wattleton Theta president of Center for the Advancement of Women Delores D. Wharton Honorary president of the Fund for Corporate Initiatives; on the board of directors for Phillips Petroleum, Gannett, and Kellogg Debra Saunders-White Theta Kappa first female Chancellor of North Carolina Central University Carol H. Williams Honorary founder of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency Frederica Wilson Pi Founder and Executive Director of 5000 Role Models of Excellence, Incorporated, State Senator, District 33 Jacquline Woodard Rho Mu Omega CEO, Performance-based Systems, Inc.

Frederica S. Wilson

Health and science

Name Original chapter Notability References Ethel Alpenfels Honorary anthropologist Patricia E. Bath Lambda first African-American woman to receive a patent for a medical procedure, the Cataract Laserphaco Probe in 1988 Sara W. Brown Honorary physician and first female alumna trustee of Howard University Dorothy Boulding Ferebee Epsilon advocate for women's health; established health clinics in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi Edith Finlayson Honorary nurse Marilyn Hughes Gaston Honorary pediatrician and Assistant Surgeon General Dr. LaToya B. Gathers Mu Xi Neuroscientist and Political Candidate Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant Beta Alpha Omega media psychologist; advice columnist for Essence Mae Jemison Honorary first African-American female astronaut in space Pearl E. Grimes Gamma Rho dermatologist Joy Harden Bradford clinical psychologist and creator of the platform "Therapy for Black Girls" Katherine Johnson Nu Computer pioneer who helped calculate the trajectory for the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon Dorothy Vaughan Wilberforce The first African-American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at NASA Mary Jackson (engineer) Hampton University NASA's first black female engineer Margaret M. Lawrence Honorary child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Lilian Lewis Alpha zoologist and endocrinologist. Glenda Newell-Harris Epsilon Medical doctor and former National President of The Links, Incorporated, for which she served as the organization's first medical doctor to hold the National President title Jewel Plummer Cobb Chi cancer researcher, former President of California State University, Fullerton Gladys West Alpha Epsilon pivotal in the development of the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the GPS; inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 Jane C. Wright Honorary surgeon and cancer researcher

Patricia E. Bath Dorothy Boulding Ferebee

Judges

Name Original chapter Notability References Constance Baker Motley Honorary African-American civil rights activist, judge, and state senator Joan Bernard Armstrong Honorary Judge in New Orleans Ada E. Brown Mu Pi first African-American woman federal judge in the Northern District of Texas in its 140 year history Chereé A. Buggs Epsilon Pi Omega Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York Julia Cooper Mack Honorary Senior judge of District of Columbia's Court of Appeals Dena Douglas Delta Rho Omega Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York Lenora Gerald Nu Mu Judge, Queens County (NY) Criminal Court Toni King Upsilon Kappa Omega judge, District Court of Cumberland County, North Carolina Bertina Lampkin Honorary circuit court judge Joyce London Alexander Honorary Chief Judge in Massachusetts State Court; United States magistrate judge Alice O. McCollum Beta Eta Omega first African-American female municipal judge, Dayton, Ohio; County Probate Judge for Montgomery County, Ohio Vicki Miles-LaGrange Beta Sigma Omega first African-American Federal District Judge in Western District of Oklahoma Thelma Wyatt Moore Tau Omega first African-American female municipal judge, Atlanta, Georgia; first African-American judge for Fulton County, Georgia Valerie Brathwaite Nelson Iota Upsilon Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Lisa Symone Ottley Lambda first African-American Judge appointed Supervising Judge of Civil Court, Kings Co., Brooklyn Honorable Zina Pickens Cruse Mu Tau first African-American woman elected Circuit Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois Peggy Quince Alpha first African-American female Supreme Court Justice on the Florida Supreme Court Fern Flanagan Saddler Xi Omega D.C. Superior Court Judge Leah Ward Sears Mu Upsilon first African-American woman Chief Supreme Court Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court

Vicki Miles-LaGrange Peggy Quince

Political figures

Humanitarian and social causes

Name Original chapter Notability References Jane Addams Honorary founder of Hull House in Chicago; Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elinor Guggenheimer Honorary humanitarian and founder of the Women's Forum Addie Waites Hunton Honorary a founder of the National Association of Colored Women; co-author of Two Colored Women with the A.E.F. Ann Sunsteen Kheel Honorary philanthropist Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai Honorary first African woman to receive Nobel Peace Prize Eleanor Roosevelt Honorary First Lady of the United States; humanitarian Lou Nelle Sutton Honorary State Representative of Texas; completed a State Office Complex outside of Austin

Jane Addams Wangari Maathai Eleanor Roosevelt

Non-elected officials

Name Original chapter Notability References Kimberly A. McClain Xi Omega first African-American female United States Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations; United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Congressional and Legislative Affairs Gayleatha B. Brown Honorary US Ambassador to the Republic of Benin Donna Hill Staton Iota Lambda Omega first African-American female deputy attorney general in Maryland; first African-American circuit court judge in Howard County, MD Azie Taylor Morton Beta Kappa first and only African-American to serve as United States Treasurer Hazel O'Leary Pi first African-American and first female United States Secretary of Energy; President of Fisk University

Gayleatha Brown Hazel O'Leary

U.S. politicians

Name Original chapter Notability References Alma Adams Beta Iota Omega Democratic Congresswoman of North Carolina's 12th Congressional District Alma Allen Xi Alpha Omega Representative to Texas State Legislature Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Alpha Gamma Democratic Congresswoman of California's 37th Congressional District, 1973-1975; represented California's 28th Congressional District, 1975-1979; represents the second district on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; named Democratic National Convention's co-chairman (1972), becoming the first African-American woman to serve in that position in any major political party Rosetta Burke Honorary New York State and Army National Guard's Assistant Adjutant General Eva M. Clayton Gamma Delta Democratic Congresswoman of North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, 1993-2003 Bonnie Watson Coleman Epsilon Upsilon Omega Democratic Congresswoman of New Jersey's 12th Congressional District Cardiss Collins Honorary Democratic Congresswoman of Illinois' 7th Congressional District, 1973-1997 Vivian Davis Figures Delta Theta Omega Alabama State Senator Katie Hall Epsilon Pi Democratic Congresswoman of Indiana's 1st Congressional District, 1982-1985 Kamala Harris Alpha first female, first Jamaican Afro-Caribbean and first Indian (India) American United States Senator from California, Attorney General of California, District Attorney for San Francisco, CA, former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate; 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee for the 2020 election, first African-American and first Asian-American vice presidential nominee of a major party; first female, first African-American, and first Asian-American Vice President of the United States Christina Henderson Rho Zeta Member of the Council of the District of Columbia Monique Holsey-Hyman Democratic member of the Durham City Council Sheila Jackson-Lee Alpha Kappa Omega Democratic Congresswoman of Texas's 18th Congressional District Jacqueline Jennings Pi Mu Omega Mayor, Willingboro, NJ Eddie Bernice Johnson Alpha Xi Omega Democratic Congresswoman of Texas's 30th Congressional District Jolanda "Jo" Jones Epsilon Lambda At-Large City Council Member of Houston City Council Eleanor Jordan Unknown Kentucky State Representative, Executive Director on the Kentucky Commission on Women Mamie E. Locke Gamma Omicron State Senator, Virginia; former Mayor, Hampton, VA; Dean School of Liberal Arts, Hampton University Juanita Millender-McDonald Alpha Gamma Omega former Democratic Congresswoman of California's 37th Congressional District Gwendolyn M. Miller Gamma Theta Omega Chairperson, Tampa (FL) City Council; first African-American woman elected to Tampa City Council Sharon Pratt Kelly Alpha first African-American female mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C. M. Athalie Range Honorary first African-American to serve on Miami City Commission and Florida's Department of Community Affairs Terri Sewell Zeta Eta Omega Democratic Congresswoman of Alabama's 7th Congressional District Alma G. Stallworth Honorary Michigan state representative Lou Nelle Sutton Honorary Texas state representative Alisha Thomas Morgan unknown/grad youngest elected member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia Marietta Tree Honorary first U.S. woman ambassador to the United Nations; founder of Syndenham Hospital, Harlem, first interracial hospital in the US C. Delores Tucker Honorary civil rights activist; first African-American Secretary of State in Pennsylvania (1971-77) Joyce Waddell Unknown Democratic Senator of North Carolina District 40 Mecklenburg County Diane Watson Alpha Gamma Democratic Congresswoman of California's 33rd Congressional District Frederica Wilson Pi Democratic Congresswoman of Florida's 24th Congressional District

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke Eva L. Clayton Cardiss Collins Katie Hall Kamala Harris Sheila Jackson-Lee Eddie Bernice Johnson Diane Watson

World leaders

Name Original chapter Notability References Diane Abbott Boule British Labour Party Member of Parliament, representing the Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency Cheryl Albury Honorary Serves on the Bahamas Supreme Court Dame Nita Barrow Honorary Governor-general from Barbados; Permanent representative to the United Nations Angie Elisabeth Brooks Eta Beta Omega first African female President of the United Nations General Assembly from Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Eta Beta Omega first female president of Liberia Allyson Maynard Gibson Honorary Attorney-General of the Bahamas, barrister, politician, and community rights advocate Gloria McPhee Alpha first female Cabinet Minister, Bermuda; Member of the Bermuda Cabinet Veronica Owens Member of Parliament, The Bahamas Edith Mai Padmore Honorary cabinet member from Liberia Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit Honorary first female President of the United Nations General Assembly; Indian diplomat Lois Marion Roselyn Perinchief Honorary first female Mayor of St. George's, Bermuda Sheila Makate Sisulu Honorary South African ambassador to the US Edith G. Ssempala Honorary US Ambassador from Uganda Sylvia Ross Talbot Honorary churchwoman from St. Croix, Virgin Islands Leah Tutu Honorary wife of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu Tanisha Tynes unknown Senator, the Bahamas

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Religion

Sports

Name Original chapter Notability References Robin Aikens Lambda Alpha Omega Division I golf coach, Chicago State University; founder of InnerCityGolf Lisa Borders Iota Mu President of WNBA Jade Cargill Omicron Delta Professional Wrestler, World Wrestling Entertainment Alice Coachman Davis Honorary first African-American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal and first American woman to win a gold medal in track and field during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England Brandit Copper Theta Sigma former professional track runner, college all-American; assistant track and field coach, US Military Academy; Associated Head track coach, California State University-Fullerton, first female (African-American) on their coaching staff; Olympic track and field coach of 2016 bronze medalist Bolade Ajomale Vonetta Flowers Honorary gold medal winner of bobsledding competition in the 2002 Winter Olympics; first African-American (male or female) to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics Chryste Gaines Alpha Xi Omega US track champion; bronze medal winner, 2000 Olympics Zina Garrison Honorary first African-American to win a tennis medal Althea Gibson Beta Alpha first African-American to win a Grand Slam in tennis Chamique Holdsclaw Honorary top WNBA draft pick; basketball player Jolanda "Jo" Jones Epsilon Lambda US Track and Field Heptathlon champion; three-time NCAA Heptathlon champion; NCAA Top Six Award winner; Verizon Academic All-America Hall of Fame; Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame; University of Houston Hall of Honor Tiffany Mitchell Theta Gamma shooting guard for WNBA's Indiana Fever Shannon Perry Epsilon Theta women's basketball assistant coach, Duke University; former assistant coach University of Southern California women's basketball team Danya Pilgrim Pi Beta head coach, field hockey, Bryn Mawr College; head field hockey coach, State University of New York at Oswego; assistant coach, Wittenberg University Lucy Diggs Slowe Alpha first African-American to win a national championship in any sport (tennis) Dolly "Mabel" Landry Staton Beta member of US track and field team, 1952 Olympics; won several national championships in 50 meters and long jump C. Vivian Stringer Honorary Rutgers University head basketball coach Debi Thomas unknown first African-American figure skater to win a medal (bronze) in the Winter Olympics Morgan Tuck Lambda Tau forward for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun MarLena Wesh Lambda Theta NCAA track-runner, 3-time ACC Champion in the 400, 3-time All-American; 2012 Summer Olympics Semi-finalist in the 400 Tonique Williams-Darling Theta Gamma gold medal Bahamian runner in the 400 meter track at the 2004 Summer Olympics A'ja Wilson Theta Gamma top 2018 WNBA draft pick by the Las Vegas Aces, 2017 NCAA Champion, 2018 unanimous national player of the year, Wooden Trophy, Naismith and Wooden award, three-time SEC Player of the year Corrinne Wright Eta Xi nine-time All-American winner in gymnastics; won NCAA championships in all-around and floor exercise in 1989; member of U.S. National team; Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Stockton University

Vonetta Flowers Althea Gibson C. Vivian Stringer

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