Delta Kappa Gamma Society International History
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was formed on May 11, 1929. Delta Kappa Gamma "...arose from the feelings in the minds of its Founders of the need for an organization of... women teachers of all types and all lines of work....The Founders were strongly of the opinion that an organized body of women teachers selected from among the best in the profession united by bonds of friendship and by the force of common purposes - for the betterment of women teachers and the improvement of schools generally - would have an opportunity for rendering real service to education."
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, Founder.
The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Volume III, Number 1, November 1936:50.
Delaware State Organization History
The Delaware State Organization was organized by Miss Mamie S. Bastian in 1941.
State Founders:
*Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bacon
*Miss Anna E. Beebe
*Miss M. Elizabeth Cloud
*Mrs. Elva M. Dugan
Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Dunn
*Mrs. Isabel R. Everett
*Miss Caroline M. Fitzwater
*Mrs. Thelma M. Gray
*Mrs. May B. Leasure
*Miss Leia A. Lynam
Mrs. Alice P. McVaugh
*Mrs. Grace C. Moore
*Miss Elva M. Wamngton
Miss Sally Winfrey
*Mrs. Eleanor C. Wood
*Miss Elsa Zeisberg
State Charter Members:
*Mrs. Marian M. Crawford (Mrs. Hart)
*Miss Mary Lillian Davis
*Miss Mary J. DeHan
*Miss Ella R. Hoyt
*Mrs. Lucy Y. Hudson
**Miss Mary L. Kida
*Mrs. Elizabeth D. McAdams (Mrs. Bamberger)
*Miss. Mary M. McClosky
Mrs. Dorothy M. McDaniel (Honorary)
**Miss Loretta Paskey
Miss Mildred H. Simon (Mrs. Cook)
State Honorary Members:
*Mrs. Majorie Speakman
*Mrs. Margaret O'Neill
*Mrs. Norma Handloff
*Mrs. Vera Davis
Mrs. Emily Womach
*Mrs. Elise Grossman
Mrs. Sandra D. Worthen
*Deceased
**No Longer Members
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was formed on May 11, 1929. Delta Kappa Gamma "...arose from the feelings in the minds of its Founders of the need for an organization of... women teachers of all types and all lines of work....The Founders were strongly of the opinion that an organized body of women teachers selected from among the best in the profession united by bonds of friendship and by the force of common purposes - for the betterment of women teachers and the improvement of schools generally - would have an opportunity for rendering real service to education."
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, Founder.
The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Volume III, Number 1, November 1936:50.
Delaware State Organization History
The Delaware State Organization was organized by Miss Mamie S. Bastian in 1941.
State Founders:
*Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bacon
*Miss Anna E. Beebe
*Miss M. Elizabeth Cloud
*Mrs. Elva M. Dugan
Mrs. Gwendolyn M. Dunn
*Mrs. Isabel R. Everett
*Miss Caroline M. Fitzwater
*Mrs. Thelma M. Gray
*Mrs. May B. Leasure
*Miss Leia A. Lynam
Mrs. Alice P. McVaugh
*Mrs. Grace C. Moore
*Miss Elva M. Wamngton
Miss Sally Winfrey
*Mrs. Eleanor C. Wood
*Miss Elsa Zeisberg
State Charter Members:
*Mrs. Marian M. Crawford (Mrs. Hart)
*Miss Mary Lillian Davis
*Miss Mary J. DeHan
*Miss Ella R. Hoyt
*Mrs. Lucy Y. Hudson
**Miss Mary L. Kida
*Mrs. Elizabeth D. McAdams (Mrs. Bamberger)
*Miss. Mary M. McClosky
Mrs. Dorothy M. McDaniel (Honorary)
**Miss Loretta Paskey
Miss Mildred H. Simon (Mrs. Cook)
State Honorary Members:
*Mrs. Majorie Speakman
*Mrs. Margaret O'Neill
*Mrs. Norma Handloff
*Mrs. Vera Davis
Mrs. Emily Womach
*Mrs. Elise Grossman
Mrs. Sandra D. Worthen
*Deceased
**No Longer Members