page_title: List of Delta Sigma Theta sisters
section_title: Humanitarian and social causes
hierarchical_section_title: List of Delta Sigma Theta sisters / "Delta Girl" / Political figures / Humanitarian and social causes
caption_attribution_description: English: Marian Wright Edelman (1994). Edelman is the founder, and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar. She began her career directing the NAACP Legal Defense Fund office.
context_page_description: Below is a list of Delta Sigma Theta members. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was first incorporated in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1913. On January 20, 1930, the organization was incorporated as a perpetual body. The nomenclature of graduate chapters are named according to geographic location and "Alumnae" annexed to the service area's name.
caption: Marian Wright Edelmen
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