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FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT
Jimmie Bugg Middleton - Jimmie Middleton was the President and National Treasurer of the National Association of College Women. She also served as Dean of Girls at the Black High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. She was an active supporter of Delta from Lynchburgh, Virginia. She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the march for Women’s Suffrage. In 1936, she received her Master’s Degree at Howard University. By 1938, after years of effort, the Raleigh Alumnae Chapter, Alpha Zeta Sigma, was established in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1944, she was appointed to the Scholarship Board of New York’s 22nd Congressional District.
May Week
May Week was created at the second national convention of Delta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc. in 1920, at Wilberforce University. Since its conception in 1921, May Week has been observed by local chapters around the world. The purpose of May Week is to emphasize the importance of higher education in the community, especially for Black women. The slogan “Invest in Education” was adopted, and a week in May is set aside for programs highlighting academic and professional achievement.
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