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Overview | Founders & The First Initiates | Incorporators | Expansion Patterns | Past Presidents | Notable Zetas
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Science/Engineering |
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Soror Rear Admiral Evelyn J. Fields |
NOAA Director, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations and Director, NOAA Corps |
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Politics/Law |
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Soror Julia Carson |
US Representative - |
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Soror Yvonne Miller |
Virginia State Senator - |
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Soror Violette Anderson |
1st Woman of color to practice law before the US Supreme court |
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Soror Dr. Deborah Wolfe |
Former U.S. Education Chief, U.S. House of Representative committee on Education and Labor, and Chairperson of the New Jersey Board of Higher Education |
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Soror Mary McAllister |
NC House of Representatives |
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Soror Bernette J. Johnson |
First black female State Supreme Court justice in Louisiana |
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Soror Cynthia Willard- |
New Orleans City Councilwoman |
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Soror Joan Carter |
Petersburg, VA City Councilwoman |
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Soror Honorable Andrei Ellen Lee |
First African American General Session Judge in Nashville |
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Soror Curlie E. McGruder |
Civil Rights Activist |
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Soror Honorable Tomie T. Green |
1st Female and 1st African American Female Elected Circuit Judge in the 7th Judicial District State of Mississippi |
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Soror Honorable Patricia Wise |
1st African American Chancery Judge Elected Chancery Judge in the 5th Judicial District State of Mississippi. 1st Female Elected President of the African American Magnolia Bar Association State of Mississippi |
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Soror Honorable Eleanor Faye Peterson |
1st Black Female Elected District Attorney in the entire State of Mississippi. 1st
African American and 1st Female elected District Attorney in the 7th Judicial Distict
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Soror Esther M. Harrison |
MS House of Representatives |
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Entertainment |
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Soror Janet Dubois |
Actress/Singer |
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Soror Esther Rolle |
Actress |
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Soror Sheryl Underwood |
Comedian |
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Soror Dr. Tonea H. Stewart |
Actress & first African American to star and later direct at the New Stage Theatre in Jackson, MS. |
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Soror Sarah Vaughn |
International Jazz Singer |
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Soror Minnie Riperton |
Entertainer |
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Soror Dionne Warwick |
Singer |
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Soror Grace Bumbry |
Opera Singer |
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Soror Syleena Johnson |
Singer |
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Education |
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Soror Dr. Elizabeth D. Koontz |
1st Black President of the National Education Astn. |
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Soror Dr. Joyce Payne |
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund Founder |
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Soror Josephine Groves Holloway |
Organized the Girl Scouts for African American Girls in Nashville, TN |
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Sports |
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Soror Charlotte F. Westerhaus, J.D. |
NCAA Vice- |
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Soror Wendy Palmer |
WNBA Player |
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Soror Demya Walker |
WNBA Player |
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Soror Chantel Tremitiere |
WNBA Player |
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Writers |
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Soror Zora Neale Hurston |
Writer and Folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance |
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Soror Dr. Tommie Morton - |
Author |

Soror Cynthia Willard-
New Orleans City Councilwoman
Soror Minnie Ripperton
Singer & Entertainer
Soror Zora Neale Hurston
Writer and Folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance
Soror Rear Admiral
Evelyn J. Fields
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations and Director