Chapter History

Delta  Sigma  Theta  Sorority,  Incorporated,  is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance  and support through established programs throughout the world. Since its founding in 1913 on the campus  of  Howard  University, the Sorority has  now blossomed  into  the nation’s  largest  African  American  women's organization with more than 350,000 members and over 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, the Arabian Gulf, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, the Republic of Korea, West Africa, and the Virgin Islands.

 

The Danville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated,  located in Danville, VA, was chartered on April 6, 1946, as the Gamma Gamma Sigma Chapter and was a part of the Eastern Region. The charter members were Clara Hoffler Clark, Carrie H. Coleman, Signora L. Collins, Irene Gordon, Vergia Hobson, Virginia Mack Johnson, Hortense Person Martin,  Fannie C. Owens, and Elizabeth Holland Trent. 

 

The elected president and vice president were Carrie H. Coleman and Fannie C. Owens, respectively. The following fall of 1946, six members were initiated into Gamma Gamma Sigma Chapter and the membership continued to grow.  In 1960, at the Sorority’s national convention in Chicago, IL, the Chapter was renamed Danville Alumnae Chapter and became a part of the newly created South Atlantic Region.