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Who I would like to meet

Mrs. Ethel Carr Watson

During the historic march for Women’s Suffrage, Mrs. Watson confided that her family told her not to march, but was forced to defy the order because she was selected to hold the banner since she was the tallest.

I could see me doing/saying something like this!

I would love to meet Soror Campbell cause she had spunk. I love hearing about some of the things she had to say.

I would love to meet "Ms. Vash" as the diva was called..

I would love to meet Soror Adams, due to her love of art.

I would love to ask all of them how members were chosen back then, how college life was back then, how Howard was, How the AKAs treated them once they got their ish back together...

Hell, we just need to have a good old fashion Alpha chapter reunion cookout.

Re: Re: Re: Those Dynamic Sensational Tenacious 22

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Originally posted by stillwater15
i agree w/you wholeheartedly. from the history i've learned and from talking w/older sorors, very little is known about her, after graduation, w/the exception that she was a music teacher.

it would seem that even from the beginning there was someone who went ghost after pledging/graduation.:D

I would love to meet all 22 but especially Mamie Reddy Rose since she shares the same first name as a grandparent and is from the same state---South Carolina.

I know this person is not a founder but I had a chance to meet Soror Betty Shabazz before her passing and it was an experience I'll never forget.

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Originally posted by RedAngel
I know this person is not a founder but I had a chance to meet Soror Betty Shabazz before her passing and it was an experience I'll never forget.

I also meet Soror Shabazz, before I was a member, and was in awe of her. She spoke at my school my freshmen year and it was great. Made my decision that more important!

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Originally posted by candygirl
It has taken me awhile to decide which one of your illustrious founders I would really want to meet. Of course it would be a pleasure to meet all of them but Myra Davis Hemmings is the "one" founder I would like to meet and chat with. Before the founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Myra Davis Hemmings was the president of Alpha Kappa Alpha. I think that it would be interesting to hear her account of the dissatification the group had for the sorority, as well as her own personal account as the president of such an organization that wasn't favorable to the members. I just want to know how she came to gripps with the fact that something needed to be done and just how she reacted to Madree Penn White's ideas to change the name, motto, color, and flower. I think that would have been a bit much to take in, even though they all new a change was needed.

I feel the same way you do. Especially since they were college students, this was a huge movement. And I would also like to know how all the founders felt manys years later, when their organization grew into something large and powerful.
I'm just in awe right now and I can't explain.

Meeting any one of "The 22" would be an honor and a privilege. I find it fascinating they had the "audacity" to "think outside of the box" and create something that had never been created before- a sorority with a public service agenda. It was indeed VISIONARY!

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Originally posted by Reds6
Great question! I would love and be humbly honored and blessed to meet all 22 if I could. But If I could meet just 1 it would have to be Soror Madree Penn White, she was the inspiration behind our beloved sorority. She was and still is the epitome of a strong determined hard working women, that didn't let race or gender stop her from achieving.

I would definitely have to agree with this quote.:D