PROMINENT SORORS

~ A ~

Dorothy Allen,

Amanda Ambrose,

Pearl L. Arnold,

Vanessa Bell Armstrong ~ World renowed Gospel songtress

~B~

  • Baldwin, Wilhelmina ~ Tuskegee Institute
  • Baltimore, Rosalyn
  • Barrow, DD. Willie~ Civil Rights Activist and Ordained Minister
  • Beard, M.D., Lillian McLean ~ Pediatrician
  • Beavers, Pamela
  • Beavers, Louise ~ Pioneer movie actress (made her first movie in 1924)
  • Bennett, Elizabeth Suber
  • Benoit, Edith B.
  • Benskina, Princess Orelia
  • Berry, Betrice
  • Birt, Cecilia ~ Opera Singer (Kappa Chapter)
  • Black, Willie Ellenbed
  • Blunt, Kathryn Fernadez
  • Boggs, Hon. Lindy ~ First woman to chair a national conventional of a major political party.
  • Brewer, Ruth R.
  • Briggs, Anasa P.
  • Broussard, Cheryl ~ Author of "The Black Woman's Guide to Financial Independance: Money Management for the 1990's"; Entreneur and principle of Broussard & Douglas, INC. Author of "The Black Woman's Guide to Financial Independance"
  • Brown, Corrine ~ U.S. representative Florida
  • Brown, Delores E.
  • Brown, Ph.D., Johnnie
  • Brown, Lillian Jones ~ Dramatist
  • Browne, Ollievita
  • Byrd, Armelda

    ~C~

  • Cable, Mary ~ Teacher and Principal
  • Calloway, Olivia
  • Cavens, Sharon Lee
  • Celestin, Jesse
  • Chamberlin, Lee ~ Actress: best known for her role as Pat Baxter on "All my Children"
  • Chandler, Regina
  • Charles, Mary E.
  • Chen, Ph.D., Pearl
  • Cherry,Gwendolyn ~ Former Florida Congresswoman
  • Childress,Alice ~ Author of "A hero ain't nothing but a sandwich"
  • Christian, M.C., Cora LeEthel
  • Collins, Bertha ~ Assistant to the Mayor of Ft. Worth, TX on Youth Affairs
  • Coney, Mattie Rice ~ Director Citizens Forum, Inc.

    ~D~

  • Davis, Jennifer
  • Davis, M.D., Julia
  • Day, Verna Lee
  • Dee, Merri ~ Television Personalityon WGN- Channel 9, Chicago
  • Deiz, J.D., Mercedes F.
  • Denend, Ph.D., Adolfina
  • Dennis, Shirley M.
  • DeSouza, Beverley
  • Devine, Loretta
  • Douglass,Suzanne (The Parent 'Hood)
  • Dunnigan, Alice Allison ~ Actress

    ~E~

  • Elliston, Georgia Lewis

    ~F~

  • Fain, Juanita
  • Farrar, Barbara
  • Ferguson, Mary
  • Fleming, Lillie Rae
  • Flemings, Virginia ~ composer of music-piano and vocal
  • Fletcher, Louisa
  • Fowler, Margaret Harison ~ Creative Artist
  • Fry, Virgie ~ Councilwoman, Prairie View, TX
  • Fudge, Ann Fudge (CEO Maxwell House)
  • Fudge,Cathy (CEO Radio One)

    ~G~

  • Gaines, Irene McCoy ~Social legislation, Chicago
  • Garlington, Viola
  • Gay, Helen Parker
  • George, Maude Roberts ~ Musician
  • Gentry, Marabeth
  • Gilbert, Mercedes ~ Actress
  • Gomes, Debra
  • Gougis, Lorna

    ~H~

  • Haig, Dorcas Perkins
  • Hale, Lorraine ~ Director of Hale House
  • Hendricks, Hazel Hart ~ Teacher
  • Hopkins, Louise
  • Horne, Sarah
  • Horner, Cynthia ~ Editor-in-Chief of "Right On" magizine
  • Horsford, Anna Maria ~ Actress: starred in 'Amen', 'Friday', currently on the 'The Wayans Brothers' and the new movie 'Dear God'
  • Houston, Christine ~ Scriptwriter for the Jeffersons

    ~I~

  • Illery, Dr. Alma ~ Humanitarian and Founder of George Washington Carver Commemoration in Pittsburgh, PA. Through her efforts, Congress issued a Carver Stamp in 1944
  • Irmagean ~ Visual Artist

    ~J~

  • Jackson, Bernice H.
  • Alice Hille Jackson, Alice Hille ~ Creative Artist, Producer (with Husband of Hal Jackson's Miss U.S. talented teen pageant) Dr. Eva Jessye, Actress, Composer, Director Georgia N. Womack Lewis, Colorado state government
  • Jennings, Beatrice
  • Jessye, Dr. Eva ~ Choral Conductor
  • Johnson, Anne Marie
  • Johnson, Isceola W. ~ Author
  • Johnson, Johnnie Mae
  • Jones, Amanda Ambrose
  • Jones, Fannie G. ~ St. Louis Director of Governors Branch Offices of Human Relations
  • Jordan, Ann P
  • Joysmith, Brenda ~ Renowned artist: works displayed on many TV shows like 'the Cosby show' and 'A Different World'

    ~K~

  • Kabore, Pauline C.

    ~L~

  • LaBrie, Alice F. ~ Founder of Hal Jackson Talented Teens International
  • Ladner, Sajda Musawivir
  • Lawrence, Annie L. ~ Nursing Education Coordinator, State of Illinois Department of Education and Registration
  • Lafontant, Marie ~ Founder and President of Haitian Research Center
  • Leeke, Kiamsha Madelyn ~ A lawyer in Washington, D.C.; Writer and self-publisher of three books of poetry: MY SOUL SPEAKS, I AM MY SISTA'S KEEPER and BABY, I GOT IT BAD FOR YOU BLUES
  • Lockhart, Carold D.
  • Lord, Leignann "Lee Ann" ~ Hot new comedian
  • Long, Mary
  • Lynch, Phyllis D.

    ~M~

  • Marbury, Vivian White ~ Our only living Pearl; the only living founder of all the eight national Pan-hellenic council organizations.
  • McCartney, Leah I. Brock ~ Attorney, Municipal Judge of Missouri
  • Mc Caskill, Peola H. ~
  • McClain, Dorothy M. ~
  • McClaney, Eula
  • McDaniels, Hattie ~ First African- AMerican Actress to win an Oscar- Best Supporting Actress in "Gone with the Wind"
  • McKerson, Mazola
  • Merina De Manzano, Ana Maria ~ University professor in San Salvador
  • Miller, Patricia ~ Opera Singer
  • Mock, Charlotte K.
  • Moore, Gwendolyn
  • Moore, Joy Thomas
  • Morgan, Hazel C.
  • Morgan, Juanita K.
  • Mosby, Carolyn Brown

    ~N~

  • Neal, Sylvia E.
  • Nesbitt, Ruth Hankins ~ Attorney, Commissioner of Public Service, Washington D.C. ; Former President of the DC Women's Democratic Club
  • Neville, Lil
  • Nisbeth, Dorothy W.

    ~O~

  • Orlando-Vaughn, Lois
  • Owens, Lillie

    ~P~

  • Parrish, Catherine
  • Parsons, Karyn
  • Perry, Jerry Eileen
  • Pierce, Irene C.
  • Pitts, Barbara T.
  • Poe, L. Marion Champion for women's rights, first Negro women to be admitted to the bar in the entire South, served as a member of the Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia, and Sigma Legal Advisor for many years
  • Poole, Alma
  • Provost, Clara ~ Elected member of the Supervisorial District No. 3 of the Alameda County (CA) Democratic Central Committee; 1972 Delegate the Democratic Convention
  • Powell, Beatrice ~ Senior Director of Mary Kay Cosmetics
  • Powers, Georgia M. ~ Senator
  • Price, Ruby J.
  • Proctor, Th.B., Bessie ~ Minister
  • Pruitt, Mary ~ State Representative

    ~Q~

  • Quintyne, Pearl A. ~ Private Industry Counselor

    ~R~

  • Ragland, Erika R. ~ Committee on Labor and Human Responses on Capitol Hill.
  • Roberson Maxine M. ~ Author
  • Roker, Claire ~ President/Travel Center
  • Rowell, Victoria ~ Actress "Drucella" on the Young and the Restless

    ~S~

  • Saint James, Synthia
  • Sanders, Ph.D., Gertrude ~ Author and Rtd Ed.
  • Santiago-Felipe, Vilma ~ Music Critic/Writer
  • Saunders-Henderson, Martha ~ Director of the Merabash Museum
  • Sells, Doris ~ President Queen's Home Service
  • Simmons, Barbara Lett ~ Educator
  • Simmons, Joyce ~ Accountant
  • Sinclair, April Sinclair~ Author of "Coffee wil make you black" and Ain't goin' be the same fool twice"
  • Smith, Christine ~ Public Speaker
  • Smith, Emille ~ National Administrator. AOIP
  • Smith, Margaret ~ State Senator, IL
  • Stewart, Imogene B. ~ Minister
  • Stone, Fannie B. ~ Business
  • Stryker, Myrtle ~ Attorney
  • Suzuki, Chizu Shindo ~ Owner-Rosie Blue Co., Otaku, Japan (Artist and Writer)

    ~T~

  • Temple, Queen Ester
  • Thomas, Blanche K. ~ Composer, Founder-director of the Thomas Negro composers Study group
  • Thomas, Joyce ~ Author
  • Thompson, Dorothy Lee ~ Union President
  • Thompson, Era Bell ~ Journalist, Johnson Publishing Company
  • Tobin, Pat ~ Public Relations
  • Townsell, Jackie ~ Grocer/Restauranteur
  • Turner, Certie ~ Real Estate Broker
  • Twyman, Chrystal ~ Deputy Press Sec.

    ~U,V~

    ~W~

  • Wade, Lola ~ Educator
  • Washington, Edith ~ Academic Analyst
  • Washington, Lucille ~ Club Woman
  • Washington, Mary ~ First African-American CPA in the country
  • Weaver, Audry ~ (Ret)Journalist
  • Welch, Rosa Page ~ Famed Messo Soprano Lecturer, "Ambassador of Goodwill" in interracial relations.
  • Whaley, Ruth Whitehead ~ Outstanding in Civil and Women's Rights movements. The first Negro woman to actively practice law in the U.S. Secretary of the Board of Estimates in NYC. Dynamic speaker and Lecturer.
  • Williams, Charlotte ~ Health Administrator
  • Williams, Tanya ~ Actress "Olivia" on the Young and the Restless
  • Williams - Warren, Judge Joyce ~ The first African-American Judge in Arkansas
  • Williams - White Priscilla ~ Author of "The Children - What Shall We Tell Them About God?"
  • Wilson, Lola ~ Computer System Analyst
  • Woodbury, M.D., Margaret ~ Physician
  • Woodward, Alice C. ~ Author
  • Wright, Dr. Majorie Brown ~ Received Governor's appointment to Chair the Oregon Community Coordinated Child Care Council.

    ~ X,Y,Z~

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