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Mission, Vision, Purposes and History

Mission Statement

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

Vision Statement

Leading women educators impacting education worldwide

The Seven Purposes of the Society Are:

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  • 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.

Oregon State Organization History

The number 41 is indeed important in the history of Alpha Rho State because
  • 41 key women educators accepted the first invitations to membership.
  • Oregon is number 41 among the states organized nationally.
  • Oregon became Alpha Rho State in 1941.

On May 23, 1941, Dr. Annie Webb Blanton installed the Alpha Rho State, Oregon, as the 41st state organization for The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. The installation was held at the Sunken Gardens of the Multnomah Hotel in Portland. Anne O’Neill of the College of Education, Monmouth, assisted her.
 
 Sixteen of the 23 key women educators who attended this historical installation became the founders of Alpha Rho State. They represented the four corners of our great and diverse state. Nine other outstanding women educators were unable to attend this initial meeting and were initiated in later months. One of the selected founders was Anna Mary Gilles, an assistant professor of art at Eastern Oregon College of Education in LaGrande. Oregon women broke the mold as none of the 23 attendees wore formal dress that evening. Dr. Annie Webb Blanton was the only woman in the room attired in a full length blue velvet gown. Squab was the main dish for this first banquet and probably has never been served again at a Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Rho State dinner.
Alpha Rho State Founders
Miss Carmelita Barquist, Salem
Miss Edith Bork, Ashland
Dr. Florence Beardsley, Monmouth
Miss Alice Clement, McMinnville
Mrs. Ann Gilles Dick, LaGrande
Miss Emma Henkle, Monmouth
Miss Louise Ingram, Portland
Miss Caroline Paige, Portland
Mrs. Blanche Jackson, Eugene
Mrs. Grace Sehon, Salem
Mrs. Florence Ollman, Klamath Falls
Miss Elphe K. Smith, Portland
Miss Anne O'Neill, Monmouth
Miss Isabel Willsie, Astoria
Miss Clara Augusta Trotter, Monmouth
Mrs. Augusta Parker Dunbar, Klamath Falls
Seventy-five years later Key Women Educators continue to teach children to be responsible leaders of our nation, provide scholarships, work to bring equity and fairness to our profession, support legislation that enhances education, families, and children, and continue to be joined in genuine Delta Kappa Gamma spiritual fellowship across this great state of Oregon.
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