OMICRON CHAPTER
WISCONSIN STATE ORGANIZATION
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
HISTORY
WISCONSIN STATE ORGANIZATION
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
HISTORY
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was founded May 11, 1929, at the Faculty Women’s Club at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Alpha Chapter of Alpha State Organization placed a plaque where the Women's Club once stood on campus. Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, member of the faculty of the University of Texas and a former state superintendent of public instruction in Texas, conceived the idea of an organization for women educators. Eleven women educators from Texas, representing various professional positions in education, were initiated by Dr. Blanton. Alpha Chapter was installed on June 3, 1929.
The Founders believed that there was need for an organization in which women educators—rural and urban teachers; preschool, elementary, high school, college, and university teachers; librarians; school administrators; supervisors—might be united for efforts toward better professional preparation, recognition of women’s work in the teaching profession, and scholarships for those needing aid in improving their professional preparation.
When the Wisconsin unit was founded on May 14, 1936, it became known as Sigma State. In 1939, Epsilon Chapter was formed in Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Outagamie Counties. Dividing the group in 1951, the members in Outagamie County and northern Winnebago County formed the Omicron Chapter with 27 members.
The Founders believed that there was need for an organization in which women educators—rural and urban teachers; preschool, elementary, high school, college, and university teachers; librarians; school administrators; supervisors—might be united for efforts toward better professional preparation, recognition of women’s work in the teaching profession, and scholarships for those needing aid in improving their professional preparation.
When the Wisconsin unit was founded on May 14, 1936, it became known as Sigma State. In 1939, Epsilon Chapter was formed in Fond du Lac, Winnebago, and Outagamie Counties. Dividing the group in 1951, the members in Outagamie County and northern Winnebago County formed the Omicron Chapter with 27 members.
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