Marguerite Young Alexander

Marguerite Young Alexander (March 1, 1889 – December 3, 1954) was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.[1]

Marguerite Young Alexander
BornMarch 1, 1889
Springfield, Illinois, USA
DiedDecember 3, 1954(1954-12-03) (aged 65)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHoward University
Known forCo-founder of Delta Sigma Theta
Also charter member of sorority's Lambda chapter

Young was born in Springfield, Illinois, the fourth child and only daughter of James William Young, a hotel waiter, by his wife, Minnie.[2] Marguerite's brother, Roy Young, was a 1912 graduate of Northwestern University receiving his DDS. He practiced dentistry in Evanston for 35 years before his death in 1946.

Delta Sigma Theta founders, 1913, at Howard University. Marguerite Young Alexander: second from right, middle row

Young was a student of romance and classical languages at Howard University, where she graduated in 1913. While there, she participated in numerous campus activities including the co-founding of Delta Sigma Theta.

She married a dentist named Waldo Alexander and was also a charter member of Delta Sigma Theta's Lambda Chapter, based in her hometown of Chicago.[1][3]

She died in Chicago.[4]

References
  1. Harris, Jessica (2008). "Women of Vision, Catalysts for Change: The Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority". In Parks, Gregory S. (ed.). Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8131-2491-9.
  2. "Twelfth Census of the United States". Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 90, Capital Township, Third Ward, Sangamon County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration. June 1, 1900: 6B. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. "Fourteenth Census of the United States:1920–Population". Supervisor's District 1, Enumeration District 104, Chicago, Second Ward, Cook County, Illinois: National Archives and Records Administration. January 2, 1920: 1A. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Historical Cook County, Illinois Vital Records [database online]". Death Certificates. Cook County (IL) Clerk's Office. Retrieved 22 October 2010.


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