Soror Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little
Soror Little was raised by a family friend because both of her parents were killed when she was three. She graduated from Shortridge High School in 1915 and received a diploma from the Indianapolis Normal Schoo in 1918 when she began teaching. In 1928, Soror Little moved to Los Angeles with her husband and finished her undergraduate training in UCLA. She taught in the Los Angeles school system until her retirement in 1967.
Soror Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson
Soror Johnson was a product of the Indianapolis Public School System and received both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Butler University. In 1923, she received her first teaching assignment and over the years she was promoted to principle of one of the largest elementary schools in Indianapolis. She was also very involved with many clubs and organizations dedicated to community service. Soror Johnson retired in 1966.
Soror Dorothy Hanley Whiteside
Soror Whiteside graduated from Shortridge High School and entered the Indianapolis Normal School. In 1922, when in training as a cadet teacher she met the teachers who became her best friends and FOUNDERS of the Sorority. She taught school until 1951 when she retired and later helped her husband to develop a business. She also started her own millinery business and worked with her church and various organizations. After the death of her husband, she ran their business from 1955-1957 and returned to teaching in 1959 where she remained until her retirement in 1970.
Soror Hattie Mae Dulin Redford
Soror Redford graduated from South Bend Central High School cum laude, from Indiana State Teacher's College with a B.S., and Butler University with an M.S. She also studied at Western reserve in Cleveland and Indiana University Extension. She taught one year in Terra Haute, and thirty-seven years in Indianapolis, IN.
Soror Cubena McCLure
Soror McClure graduated from Shortridge High School, the Indianapolis City Normal School and attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She won the Gregg Scholarship which she planned to use to attend Columbia University, but due to illness she could not accept the scholarship. Soror McClure was talented in art and she helped to design the Sorority pin. She died very young on AUgust 24, 1924.
Soror Bessie Martin
Soror Martin was the youngest of six children and attended grade school in Indianapolis. She graduated from the Manual Training School and the City Teachers Normal. Soror Martin taught school for 25 years. She married twice and was a devoted wife and hard worker in school and the Sorority.
Soror Vivian White Marbury
Soror Marbury attended Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis Normal School. She received a B.S. from Butler University and a Master's from Columbia University. Her professional career included teaching at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Director of Practice Training of Teachers from Butler University, Indianapolis University and Indianapolis State University. SHe taught in the Indianapolis school system for nine years. Soror Marbury organized Public School 87 which grew from a 4 room portable school to a 18 rooms and 24 teachers, where she was principle for 39 years until her retirement in 1967. She married in 1929 and has two children.