Kappa Delta has more than 200,000 sisters throughout the world; 137 active collegiate chapters and 504 chartered alumnae chapters nationwide. Kappa Delta's founders were four very different women. They ranged in age from 15 to 23, yet brought a singular sense of purpose to this particular endeavor. Their dream was to create something more lasting than a club -- a sorority! It was to be an entity t
hat would grow beyond their own chapter at State Female Normal School. But they never dreamed that it would grown into an organization of nearly 200,000 women, over 200 chartered chapters and nearly 500 chartered alumnae associations nationwide. Our founders are Lenora Ashmore Blackiston, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, Sara Turner White, and Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick. These four women
Notable Kappa Delta's:
-Georgia O'Keeffe, one of America's most important and successful artists
-Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literacy Volunteers of America
-Donna Stone, founder of Prevent Child Abuse America
-Joan Lowery Nixon, noted children's book author
-Patricia Wood Barnes, founder of Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls
-Sara James, award winning television news correspondent
-Kathleen Babineau Blanco, first female to be elected Governor of the State of Louisiana
-Patricia Polito Miller, co-founder of Vera Bradley Designs
-Christine O'Grady Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington
-Marjorie Mehne Culmer, National President, Girl Scouts of the USA, elected 1957
-Debbie Maffett Wilson, crowned Miss America in 1983
-Ali Landry, actress; Miss USA 1996
-Ellen Albertini Dow, stage, television and movie actress
Learn more at our National Website www.kappadelta.org