The Founding of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was founded May 11,
1929, at the Faculty Women’s Club at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, member of the faculty of the University of Texas and a
former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, conceived the idea of an
honorary organization for women educators and selected eleven other Texas women
to help her found The Delta Kappa Gamma Society. The founders believed that
there was need of an organization in which women educators of all types—rural
and urban teachers; preschool, elementary, high school, and university teachers;
librarians; school administrators; supervisors might be united for efforts
toward better professional preparation, fairer recognition of women’s work in
the teaching profession and more scholarships for those who need aid in improving their professional
preparation.
FOUNDERS
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, Miss Mamie Sue Bastian, Miss Ruby Cole, Miss Mabel Grizzard,
Dr. Anna Hiss, Miss Ray King, Miss Sue King, Dr. Helen Koch, Mrs. Ruby Terrill
Lomax, Dr. Cora M. Martin, Mrs. Lalla M. Odom and Miss Lela Lee Williams
Last revision: February 1, 2022
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