About Us
Arizona State DKG supports women educators through leadership, fellowship, professional growth, and service.
Mission
To promote professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education across Arizona and beyond.
Vision
Leading women educators impacting education worldwide through collaboration, scholarship, and service.
Our Values
- Leadership and excellence in education
- Fellowship and collaboration
- Professional and personal growth
- Service to communities and educators
History of Arizona State DKG
Founded as part of the international Delta Kappa Gamma Society, Arizona State DKG has supported generations of women educators. Edit this section to share key milestones and stories.
Founders of DKG
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International was founded on May 11, 1929, in Austin, Texas, by Annie Webb Blanton and eleven fellow women educators:
- Annie Webb Blanton
- Mamie Sue Bastian
- Anna Hiss
- Ruby Cole Henderson
- Cora M. Martin
- Sue M. Trent
- Lalla M. Odom
- Ray King
- Ray Bass
- Anne Hardesty Powers
- Mabel Grizzard Parker
- Ottie Nell Hollingsworth
Founders of Arizona DKG
Edit this section to honor the founding members of Arizona State DKG — their names, chapters, and the story of how the state organization began.
Purposes of DKG
- To unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship
- To honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education
- To advance the professional interest and position of women in education
- To initiate, endorse, and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators
- To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators
- To stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action
- To inform the members of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society