Marguerite Young Alexander

Marguerite Young Alexander (March 1, 1889 – December 3, 1954) an American educator and was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

Early life Marguerite Young was born in Springfield, Illinois, the fourth child and only daughter of Minnier and James William Young, a hotel waiter. Delta Sigma Theta, 1913. Alexander is in the middle row, second from the right She studied romance and classical languages at Howard University, graduating in 1913. On January 13, 1913, she and 21 other sorority sisters voted to withdraw and from Alpha Kappa Alpha and establish a new sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, that was devoted to community service and social activism. She marched in the Woman Suffrage Procession on March 3, 1913, with Delta Sigma Theta; it was the only black organisation in the Washington, D.C. march. Later, she was a French and Spanish corresponding secretary for a business firm in Chicago. They had a son, George Young Alexander. She was a charter member of the Lambda chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, based in Chicago. She was a member of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church.

She died in Chicago on December 3, 1954. She was buried in Sunset Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.