"We can chart our future clearly and wiselyonly when we know the path which hasled to the present"—Adlai Stevenson
Nine Howard University students were led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle into a sisterhood in 1908 known as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Nellie Quander and her gallant group contributed the added dimension of a national organization and perpetual membership. The founders, incorporators and those who have come after them -- the never-ending stream of eternally young, hopeful enthusiastic women -- must be remembered.
The Original Group: Marjorie Hill, Lucy D. Slowe, Lillie Burke, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Anna E. Brown, Marie Woolfolk Taylor, Beulah E. Burke, Margaret Flagg Holmes, and Lavinia Norman.
The Sophomores of 1908: Norma Boyd, Ethel J. Mowbray, Alice P. Murray, Sarah M. Nutter, Joanna B. Shields, Carrie E. Snowden, and Harriett J. Terry.
The Incorporators: Norma Boyd, Julia E. Brooks, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Nellie M. Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, and Minnie B. Smith.
