AKA History Flashcards

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When was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded?

January 15, 1908

Who was the founding creator of Alpha Kappa Alpha?

Ethel Hedgeman

At what university was the sorority founded?

Howard University in Washington, DC

In what year was AKA incorporated?

1913 Signup and view all the answers

How many members were in the core group at Howard University?

9 Signup and view all the answers

Who are the core founders of AKA incorporated?

Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) Signup and view all the answers

How many members received an invitation for membership without initiation?

7 Signup and view all the answers

What classification constituted the initial core group of founding members?

9 Seniors and 7 Sophomores Signup and view all the answers

Which founder was the 1st treasurer of Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha?

Anna Easter Brown Signup and view all the answers

Who was the chartering president of Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in Rocky Mount, N.C.?

Anna Easter Brown Signup and view all the answers

Who was known especially for her annual Negro History Week exhibit that received national attention?

Anna Easter Brown Signup and view all the answers

Which founder was credited with having created the name, motto, and colors of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority?

Beulah Elizabeth Burke Signup and view all the answers

Who charted the first 3 undergraduate chapters of the sorority that were established after incorporation?

Beulah Elizabeth Burke Signup and view all the answers

Who was the 1st Black to earn a M.A. in Home Economics?

Beulah Elizabeth Burke Signup and view all the answers

Who was Lillie E. Burke's sister?

Beulah Elizabeth Burke Signup and view all the answers

She is credited with having helped with the creation of the Alpha Kappa Alpha motto and was a charter member of Xi Omega Chapter (1st graduate chapter of the District of Columbia)?

Lillie E. Burke Signup and view all the answers

Two sisters that subsequently enrolled in Howard's College of Liberal Arts at the same time?

Lillie E. Burke and Beulah Elizabeth Burke Signup and view all the answers

Who was the 1st Ivy Beyond the Wall?

Marjorie Hill Signup and view all the answers

Ivy Beyond the Wall means?

Deceased member of AKA Signup and view all the answers

Who helped write Alpha Kappa Alpha's first constitution of bylaws?

Margaret Flagg (Holmes) Signup and view all the answers

It is through her recorded recollections about the personalities of the other original founders that the character sketches of those pioneering young women now exist for future generations of members.

Margaret Flagg (Holmes) Signup and view all the answers

She was received by the Pope in 1931

Margaret Flagg (Holmes) Signup and view all the answers

The visionary and principal founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Ethel Hedgeman Signup and view all the answers

She founded the nation's first Black sorority.

Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle) Signup and view all the answers

She served as national treasurer for 23 years, was a charter member and president of Omega Omega Chapter in Philadelphia and was the only member ever to be named Honorary Supreme Basileus (International President)

Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle) Signup and view all the answers

A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha's first Constitution and Bylaws committee and was the presiding officer at the first Ivy Day ceremony.

Lavinia Norman Signup and view all the answers

What is the Ivy Day ceremony?

When the sorority's members planted sprigs of their symbol of strength and endurance at the south end of Miner Hall, the organization's on-campus birthplace Signup and view all the answers

Who was the last survivor of the original nine founders when she passed away at the age of 100?

Lavinia Norman Signup and view all the answers

Who was known to be the 'dreamer', a 'visionary' an AKA?

Lavinia Norman Signup and view all the answers

The first president of Alpha Kappa Alpha and held the position of chairman on both the constitution and bylaws and nominating committees?

Lucy Diggs Slowe Signup and view all the answers

Her notable achievements included being the first Black female college dean (Howard), the first Black member of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators & Counselors and winning the 1917 American Tennis Association national tournament in Baltimore, the first African-American woman to do so.

Lucy Diggs Slowe Signup and view all the answers

Who selected by Ethel Hedgeman to help her make the case for a sorority to the Howard administration in the fall of 1907?

Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first secretary, was a member of the first Constitution and Bylaws committee, she extended invitations to the Howard sophomores who were eventually added to the founding group. She became the chartering president of Kappa Omega Chapter in Atlanta?

Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) Signup and view all the answers

Who was a lyric soprano with the HU choir?

Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) Signup and view all the answers

With the exception of ______________________, the original group of nine women was comprised of college seniors.

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Signup and view all the answers

To ensure the ___________________ of the organization, seven Class of 1910 honor students who had expressed interest were invited to join without initiation.

continuity Signup and view all the answers

Who were the 7 sophomores that were part of the founding members?

Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones (Mowbray), Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather (Nutter), Joanna Berry (Shields), Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry Signup and view all the answers

A distant relative of co-founder Lavinia Norman, was known for her dignity, poise, and grace and served as custodian of Alpha Chapter's records during the fall of 1909.

Joanna Mary Berry- Shields Signup and view all the answers

Who secured help from the Rosenwald Fund?

Joanna Mary Berry- Shields Signup and view all the answers

An incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha and director of its National Non-Partisan Council (NPC) on Public Affairs, the nation's first full-time minority lobby.

Norma Elizabeth Boyd Signup and view all the answers

She served as Alpha Kappa Alpha's first national corresponding secretary, as president of Xi Omega Chapter in Washington, D.C. and as a North Atlantic Regional Director.

Norma Elizabeth Boyd Signup and view all the answers

The First Epistoleus on the first Directorate.

Norma Elizabeth Boyd Signup and view all the answers

Last surviving founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Norma Elizabeth Boyd Signup and view all the answers

Became the president of Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in the last semester of her senior year in 1910.

Ethel Jones Signup and view all the answers

When the sorority's existence was threatened in 1912, she worked with incorporator Nellie Quander to take measures to ensure its survival.

Ethel Jones (Mowbray) Signup and view all the answers

Installed as vice president of the first board of directors (directorate).

Ethel Jones (Mowbray) Signup and view all the answers

A lover of culinary arts, notable caterer?

Ethel Jones (Mowbray) Signup and view all the answers

Delivered the oration at the May 1909 Ivy Day Celebration.

Sarah Meriwether (Nutter) Signup and view all the answers

Who's mom was inducted as an honorary member in 1913?

Sarah Meriwether (Nutter) Signup and view all the answers

Became an integral part of the literary and social activities sponsored by the group that benefitted the members and the public.

Alice Porter Murray Signup and view all the answers

A gifted writer, noted for her poetry, prose, and cultural commentary.

Alice Porter Murray Signup and view all the answers

One of those who took on the mantle of leadership as six of the original nine founders graduated that May.

Carrie E. Snowden Signup and view all the answers

The first of the sophomores to assume the role of president in the sorority.

Harriet Josephine Terry Signup and view all the answers

A skilled songwriter who composed a hymn for the sorority's first induction ceremony in 1909 that was adopted as Alpha Kappa Alpha's national initiation hymn.

Harriet Josephine Terry Signup and view all the answers

What was penned by member J. Marjory Jackson and approved as the official sorority hymn in 1941?

Sorority's National Hymn Signup and view all the answers

Worked for a time for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing during World War I.

Harriet Josephine Terry Signup and view all the answers

Formed a committee whose mission was to seek and acquire incorporation.

Nellie May Quander Signup and view all the answers

What are the 5 Program Targets?

HBCU for Life: A Call to Action, Women's Healthcare and Wellness, Building Your Economic Legacy, The Arts! Global Impact Signup and view all the answers

What is the Target that will promote and market historically black colleges and universities and encourage students to attend HBCUs as a sustainability measure?

HBCU for Life: A Call to Action Signup and view all the answers

What is the Signature Program established through the HBCU for Life: A Call to Action?

CAP - College Admissions Process Signup and view all the answers

What work will be done through the Signature Program CAP?

Alpha Kappa Alpha will assist students as they seek admission to college by providing guidance and support in completing the application and enrollment process. Signup and view all the answers

What is CAP?

A step-by-step approach to facilitate college admission from researching various institutions and submitting applications through completion of the enrollment process. Signup and view all the answers

Through CAP, AKA will...

Improve the trajectory of the lives of talented young people by increasing their potential for success and laying the foundation for positive, productive, and fulfilling lives. Signup and view all the answers

Target 2 is...

Women's Healthcare and Wellness Signup and view all the answers

Women's Healthcare and Wellness target focuses on...

To raise community awareness of critical health issues impacting African-American women. Signup and view all the answers

What are the 4 focus areas for Women's Healthcare and Wellness?

Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention, Heart Health, Nutrition and Wellness, Care for the Caregivers Signup and view all the answers

Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention of the 2nd Target will focus...

Specifically on early detection through mammograms to improve the survival rate of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Signup and view all the answers

Alpha Kappa Alpha will own a digital AKA Mobile Breast Cancer Screening Unit that will travel to various locations and provide mammogram screening.

True Signup and view all the answers

Heart Health of the 2nd Target will focus on...

Commitment to healthy hearts through fitness activities and walking. Signup and view all the answers

Care for the Caregivers of the 2nd Target will focus on...

Placing emphasis on taking care of those who take care of others. Signup and view all the answers

Target # 3 is...

Building Your Economic Legacy Signup and view all the answers

Building Your Economic Legacy will...

Emphasize financial planning, asset accumulation, and wealth building including savings and investments, managing debt, and improving credit. Signup and view all the answers

What are the 4 focus areas of Building your Economic Legacy?

Personal Financial Planning and Asset Accumulation, Credit Repair and Monitoring, Entrepreneurship and the Black Dollar 365, Operation AKA Assist Signup and view all the answers

Financial Freedom Legacy Workshops will be conducted in partnership with local certified financial planners who will share information on saving, investing, and retirement planning. Chapters will train community residents on ways to perform financial assessments to achieve their financial goals. This is a part of what Target and which focus area in that Target?

Building Your Economic Legacy; Personal Financial Planning and Asset Accumulation Signup and view all the answers

Credit Repair and Monitoring of the 3rd Target will focus on...

Ways to repair credit and improve credit scores including how to check for inaccurate or outdated information in credit reports, and how to protect against both identity theft and unauthorized credit history use. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Alpha Kappa Alpha Founding and Founders

Founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University, Washington, DC.
Ethel Hedgeman is the founding creator of the sorority.
Core group consisted of 9 members, including the founding mothers and 7 sophomores invited for membership without initiation.
Incorporated in 1913 to ensure continuity of the organization.

Core Founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha

Founding members: Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk (Taylor).
Anna Easter Brown served as the first treasurer and was influential in the establishment of various chapters.
Beulah Elizabeth Burke created the sorority's name, motto, and colors and established the first three undergraduate chapters post-incorporation.
Lucy Diggs Slowe became the first president and the first Black female college dean at Howard.

Other Notable Founders and Contributions

Lillie E. Burke assisted with the sorority's motto and served as a charter member of Xi Omega Chapter.
Margaret Flagg Holmes documented the founders' contributions and served as a presiding officer at the first Ivy Day ceremony.
Marie Woolfolk (Taylor) served as the first secretary and was a notable member of the founding constitution committee.

Ivy Beyond the Wall

Marjorie Hill was the first recipient of the Ivy Beyond the Wall title, signifying a deceased member.
The term represents honor for deceased members of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Signature Programs and Initiatives

Five Program Targets: HBCU for Life, Women's Healthcare and Wellness, Building Your Economic Legacy, The Arts!, and Global Impact.
Signature Program, CAP (College Admissions Process), aims to assist students with college application processes including scholarships and ACT/SAT preparation.

Women's Healthcare and Wellness Focus Areas

Focuses on raising awareness of health issues affecting African-American women, emphasizing breast cancer, heart health, nutrition, and caregiver wellness.
Includes a digital Mobile Breast Cancer Screening Unit to provide screening services.

Building Your Economic Legacy

Emphasizes financial planning, asset accumulation, and wealth-building strategies such as savings, investments, and credit repair.
Credit Repair and Monitoring focuses on improving credit scores and protecting against identity theft.

Historical Context

Joanna Mary Berry-Shields played an essential role by securing funding and preserving chapter records.
Norma Elizabeth Boyd served as the first national corresponding secretary and was an advocate for the sorority at various organizational levels.
Ethel Jones made significant contributions by taking leadership roles and advocating for the sorority’s sustenance during challenging times.

Cultural and Educational Contributions

Many founders engaged in significant cultural, educational, and social activities, contributing to the literary and artistic enrichment of the community.
Harriet Josephine Terry composed the official sorority hymn, which reflects the cultural heritage and commitment of Alpha Kappa Alpha members.

Legacy and Continuity

Founders demonstrated leadership alongside academic and community service, setting a precedent for future generations of Alpha Kappa Alpha members.
The organization continually focuses on uplifting the community through educational, health, and economic initiatives that provide resources and support for African American women and families.

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