HISTORY of Delta Kappa Gamma International:
Twelve women met in 1929 on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin with noble aspirations to build an organization to promote women in education and bring recognition and respect to their profession. The result of their planning was the founding of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. These Founders created a list of five Purposes which were intended to guide the organization. This number later grew to seven. These Purposes are as relevant today as they were in 1929.
The founders believed that there was need of an organization in which women educators of all types--rural,urban, preschool, elementary, high school, university, librarians, administrators, supervisors, tutors, special education, music, and educators in any field--might be united for efforts toward better professional preparation, fairer recognition of women's work in education and more scholarships for those who need aid in improving their professional preparation.
Twelve women met in 1929 on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin with noble aspirations to build an organization to promote women in education and bring recognition and respect to their profession. The result of their planning was the founding of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. These Founders created a list of five Purposes which were intended to guide the organization. This number later grew to seven. These Purposes are as relevant today as they were in 1929.
The founders believed that there was need of an organization in which women educators of all types--rural,urban, preschool, elementary, high school, university, librarians, administrators, supervisors, tutors, special education, music, and educators in any field--might be united for efforts toward better professional preparation, fairer recognition of women's work in education and more scholarships for those who need aid in improving their professional preparation.