Kappa Delta
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Kappa Delta (ΚΔ) is sorority founded at the State Female Normal School, now Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. It currently has over 186,000 alumnae, 10,000 undergraduate members with 128 active college chapters. Kappa Delta also has 487 chartered alumnae associations, the most of any NPC group. Its headquarters are located in Memphis, Tennessee.
History
Kappa Delta was founded by Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, and Sara Turner White on the beliefs of friendship, fellowship and sisterly love. Kappa Delta has the distinction of being the only sorority to become a member of the National Panhellenic Conference immediately upon petition.Famous First
Kappa Delta became the first National Panhellenic Conference group to form partnerships with various women's organizations that have a great effect on the role of women in leadership positions. Kappa Delta Sorority is partners with the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. which has a great impact on women's community leadership, the Girl Scouts of the USA, and the Women's Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.Kappa Delta Open Motto
Ta Kala Diokomen. Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful and highest.Kappa Delta Closed Motto
The closed motto is represented by the letters AOT, which appear on the badge.Mission statement
''Kappa Delta is a national organization of women committed to a two-fold purpose: to provide a secure, stabilizing environment for personal growth to its collegiate members, and to provide a lifelong association of friendship and enrichment to its alumnae members.''Kappa Delta provides experience in group living and offers the opportunity to learn leadership and interpersonal skills that equip members to assume positions of responsibility in the world of career, community and society.
''Kappa Delta encourages academic achievement, respect for learning and development of organizational skills that prepare college women for attaining their goals in life.
''Kappa Delta teaches the value of altruism, belief in human dignity and concern for fellow human beings - timeless principles adopted by the sorority's founders in 1897.
Kappa Delta looks to the past for its convictions, the present for its opportunities and the future for its dreams
Notable alumnae
For a full list of notable Kappa Delta alumnae please visit here. [link]Arts and Entertainment
- Ali Landry (Gamma Kappa) - Actress, Miss USA 1996
- Georgia O'Keeffe (Beta) - Famous Artist, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
- Joan Lowery Nixon (Theta Sigma) - Author
- Suzy Spafford (Beta Rho) - Creator of the Suzy's Zoo greeting cards
- Pearl S. Buck (Theta) - Nobel Prize Winner, Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Claudia Kennedy (Alpha Delta) (Gamma Kappa) - Highest ranking female officer in US Army history
- Kathleen Babineau Blanco (Gamma Kappa) - First female elected Governor of Louisiana
- Jean Carpenter Carnahan (Epsilon Alpha) - U.S. Senator Missouri 2000-2002
- Bonnie Dunbar (Sigma Iota) - NASA Astronaut
- Christine O' Grady Gregoire (Sigma Iota) - Governor of Washington
External links
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