What are the Founders - answer The founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Incorporated are:
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Beulah Elizabeth Burke Anna Easter Brown Lillie Burke
Lavinia Norman
Lucy Diggs Slowe Marjorie Hill
Margaret Flagg Holmes Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Sophomores
Carrie E. Snowden
Harriet Josephine Terry Alice P. Murray
Norma Elizabeth Boyd Joanna Berry Shields Ethel Jones Mowbray Sarah Meriweather
Nutter Nellie M. Quander
Nellie Pratt Russell Minnie Beatrice Smith Julie E. Brooks
Incorporators Norma Boyd
Julie Evangeline Brooks Ethel Jones Mowbray Nellie M. Quander Nellie Pratt Russell
Minnie Beatrice Smith
What are the Incorporators - answerThe incorporators of Alpha Kappa Alpha Norma
Elizabeth Boyd
Ethel Jones Mowbray
Nellie M Quander
Nellie Pratt Russell
Minnie Beatrice Smith
Julia E. Brooks
Where are the founders from? - answerEthel Hedgeman Lyle (St. Louis, Missouri)
Beulah Elizabeth Burke (Hertford, NC) Anna Easter Brown (West Orange, NJ)
Lillie Burke (Hertford, NC)
Lavinia Norman (Montgomery, West Virginia) Lucy Diggs Slowe (Berryville, VA)
Marjorie Hill (Washington, D.C.) Margaret Flagg Holmes (Greensboro, NC) Marie
Woolfolk Taylor (Atlanta, Georgia) Carrie E. Snowden (Washington, D.C.) Harriet
Josephine Terry (Cornwall on Hudson, NY) Alice P. Murray (Washington, D.C.)
Norma Elizabeth Boyd (Washington, D.C.) Joanna Berry Shields (Catharpin, Virginia)
Ethel Jones Mowbray (Baltimore, MD) Sarah Meriweather Nutter (Washington, D.C.)
Nellie M. Quander (Washington, D.C.) Nellie Pratt Russell (Macon, GA)
Minnie Beatrice Smith (Washington, D.C.)
Julia E. Brooks (New Orleans, LA)
Who is the guiding light - answerThe _________ ______ of Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Incorporated is Ethel Hedgeman Lyle because she is the chief founder and the
creator of the idea and insignia.
, Who is The savior - answerThe ________ of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
is Nellie M. Quander because she was the chief incorporator. Also as the first
international president, she helped expand the sorority and further its support of African-
American women at colleges and in communities .
First Initiated Line - answerThe first line of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
was initiated on Thursday, February 11, 1909 and the ladies on that line were:
Ella Albert Brown
Mary Clifford
Lena Jenkins
Mabel Gibson
Ruth Gilbert
Nellie Pratt Russell
When was the first Ivy Day - answerFirst _________: Tuesday, May 25, 1909-
Who were the members involved on the first Ivy Day - answerLavinia Norman: presiding
officer
Mary Clifford: gave the response to the newly initiated members Sarah Merriweather
Nutter: gave the oration
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle: planted the ivy she received from Marie Woolfolk Taylor, which
she planted outside of Rankin Memorial Chapel
What was the first alpha chapter directorate? - answerPresident: Lucy Diggs Slowe
Vice President: Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Treasurer: Anna Easter Brown Secretary: Marie
Woolfolk Taylor
What was the first International Directorate - answerInternational President: Nellie M.
Quander
1st Vice-President: Ethel Jones Mowbray
2nd Vice-President: Nellie Pratt Russell Recording Secretary: Minnie Beatrice Smith
Corresponding Secretary: Norma Elizabeth Boyd Treasurer: Julia E. Brooks
Who was the first Ivy beyond the wall - answerMarjorie Hill (1909)
What is the Purpose and Goal - answer-To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and
ethical standards -To promote unity and friendship among college women
-To study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women -To maintain a
progressive interest in college life
-To be of service to all mankind
The Story of Incorporation - answerAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated continued
to grow at Howard University. By the end of the 1911-1912 school year, there were
more than twenty members of the sorority and the organization had become an
influential part of student life on campus. Following the annual celebration "Ivy Day" in
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