Be Strong! The LIfe and Times of Vashti Turley Murphy Co-Founder Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Twenty-two undergraduate women founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on January 13, 1913 at Howard University. These young women wanted to use their collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to persons in need. This is the story of co-founder, L. Vashti Turley Murphy, Be Strong! The Life and Times of Vashti Turley Murphy,. Oldest daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Murphy Moss was the former publisher of the Afro-American Newspapers. The book relates in Founder Murphy's own words, how she and 21 other young women founded the national service sorority at Howard University in 1913.