List of Delta Kappa Gamma members
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Delta Kappa Gamma is an international professional society for women educators. It was established in 1929 at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] Following is a list of some of its notable members
- Nora Beust, author and professor of library science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[2]
- Chrystelle Trump Bond, dancer, choreographer, dance historian, and founding chair of the dance department at Goucher College
- Elenora A. Cawthon, professor and dean at Louisiana Tech University
- Winifred B. Chase, professor of botany and the dean of women at Wayne State University
- Annie Moore Cherry, professor at Flora MacDonald College and playwright
- Ursula Franklin (honorary), metallurgist and research physicist at the University of Toronto
- Adele L. Grant, botanist, academic, and founder of Sigma Delta Epsilon
- Agnes Ellen Harris, one of the earliest practitioners of the field of domestic science and dean of women at the University of Alabama[3]
- Helen L. Koch, developmental psychologist and a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Chicago
- Anna Lewis, historian and teacher at the Oklahoma College for Women
- Ruby Terrill Lomax, folklorist and dean of Women at University of Texas at Austin
- Luella St. Clair Moss, president of the Christian Female College
- Mary Louisa Willard, professor at Pennsylvania State University known for her work in microscopy and forensic science
Arts
- Charlotte Partridge, artist; co-founder and director of the Layton School of Art
- Effie Anderson Smith, impressionist desert landscape artist
- Coreen Mary Spellman, printmaker, painter, and college professor
Education
- C. Louise Boehringer, superintendent of schools in Yuma County, Arizona[4]
- Annie Webb Blanton, Texas state superintendent of public instruction and faculty of the University of Texas[5]
- Bernice Tlalane Mohapeloa, educator and activist
- Charlie Mary Noble (honorary), teacher of astronomy and mathematics
- Jessie M. Parker, school teacher and principal; Winnebago County Superintendent of Schools; and Iowa Superintendent of Public Instruction[5]
- Esther Pilster, educator and principal
- Fannie Stebbins (honorary), science teacher and naturalist
Law
- Florence E. Allen, associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit[5]
- Susie Sharp, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court[5]
Literature and journalism
- Cordelia Camp, biographer and director of student teaching at Western Carolina College[6]
- Kay Cornelius, novelist
- Blanche Evans Dean, author, naturalist, and conservationist[7]
- Anne Grimes (honorary), journalist, musician, and historian of American Midwestern folklore[8]
- Guðrún P. Helgadóttir, writer, poet, and the principal of Kvennaskólinn í Reykjavík
- Nellie Shaw Harnar, Northern Paiute historian, author, and educator
- Malvina Lindsay (honorary), editor and columnist at The Washington Post[9]
Politics
- Nellah Massey Bailey, Mississippi State Tax Collector and First Lady of Mississippi[10]
- Jeannie Baliles, First Lady of Virginia
- Mae Shumate Belcher, West Virginia House of Delegates[5]
- Marguerite Stitt Church, United States House of Representatives[5]
- Jean M. Doerge, Louisiana House of Representatives
- March Fong Eu, United States Ambassador to Micronesia, Secretary of State of California, and California State Assembly[5]
- Sue Ramsey Johnston Ferguson, North Carolina Senate[5]
- Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, South Carolina House of Representatives[11]
- Susan Johns (honorary), Kentucky Senate and Kentucky House of Representatives[12]
- Eddie Bernice Johnson, United States House of Representatives, Texas Senate, and Texas House of Representatives[5]
- Daisy Lawler, Oklahoma Senate[13]
- Marion Martin, Commissioner of Labor and Industry of Maine, Maine Senate, and Maine House of Representatives
- Danielle Moore, Missouri House of Representatives[14]
- Maurine Neuberger, United States Senate[5]
- Phoebe M. Orebaugh, Virginia House of Delegates[15]
- Grace Taylor Rodenbough, North Carolina House of Representatives[16]
- Dorothy H. Rose, New York State Assembly[5]
- Jae Spears, West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia State Senate[5]
- Kathryn H. Stone, Virginia House of Delegates[17]
- Marian Van Landingham, Virginia House of Delegates[18]
