The Dr. Pat Show: Talk Radio to Thrive By!: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC. Commemorates 98 TRAILBLAZING Years of Sisterhood, Scholarship & Service with Rasheeda Liberty
11/13/2020 06:00 pm PDT
The sisters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. have a legacy as trailblazers with societal contributions including:
- Hattie McDaniel - the first African American to win an Academy Award
- Alice Allison Dunnigan - the first African American female journalist to receive White House credentials, and the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries
- Maritza Correia McClendon - the first African American Female Olympic Swimmer and Medalist
- Georgia Davis Powers - the first Person of Color and the first African American elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1967
- Gwendolyn “Gwen” Sawyer Cherry - the first African American woman to serve as a state legislator in Florida in 1970
- In 1948, Sigma Gamma Rho was one of the founding members of the American Council on Human Rights
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Dr. Pat Baccili
Dr. Pat Baccili helps individuals and organizations break through their limiting Crust so they can reach their unlimited potential. Her specialty is assisting people face t...
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Rasheeda Liberty
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded by seven educators founded on November 12, 1922, at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The sorority has more than 500 cha...
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