Delta Kappa Gamma ( ΔΚΓ ) is an international professional society for women educators. It was established in 1929 at the University of Texas at Austin .
8-584: The society was founded on May 11, 1929, at the Faculty Women’s Club at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. The idea was conceived by Annie Webb Blanton , member of the faculty of the University of Texas and a former Texas state superintendent of public instruction . Eleven women educators from Texas were initiated as its charter members: The Delta Kappa Gamma's motto is "Leading Women Educators". Its colors are red and green. Its symbol and flower
16-575: A "Better Schools Campaign," which amended the state constitution to allow local property taxes to fund public schools. Blanton ran for Congress in 1922 in Denton County, Texas . Blanton lived with her teaching colleague, Emma Mitchell, for several years. When Blanton moved to Austin, Mitchell left her job to follow; the pair traveled together, and hosted social gatherings in their home. Annie Webb Blanton died in 1945, age 75. There are schools named after Blanton in several Texas districts, and
24-607: A Congressman from 1917 to 1936. Blanton attended the University of Texas in Austin, earning a degree in English literature in 1899. Later in life, she pursued graduate studies at UT, earning a master's degree in 1923. She earned a PhD from Cornell University in 1927. By the time she finished her undergraduate degree, Blanton had already taught for several years in rural schools and schools in Austin, to pay her own tuition. She
32-763: Is the red rose. The red rose logo was developed in a recent rebranding effort. The society is structured in three levels: local chapters, state, and international organizations. Its Constitution and Standing Rules govern activities at all levels. Member countries as of October 2020 are the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Mexico, Finland, Guatemala, Iceland, The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Germany, Estonia, Panama, and Japan. Annie Webb Blanton Annie Webb Blanton (19 August 1870 in Houston – 2 October 1945 in Austin )
40-712: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, a professional honor society for key women educators. Books by Annie Webb Blanton included Review Outline and Exercises in English Grammar (1903); A Handbook of Information as to Education in Texas (1923); Advanced English Grammar (1928); and The Child of the Texas One-Teacher School (1936). The 1918 July Texas primary and November general election marked
48-632: The first time Texas women could exercise their right to vote. Blanton was elected to the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction with support from the Texas State Teachers Association, and with a campaign orchestrated by suffragist Minnie Fisher Cunningham . She served two terms, declining to run for a third term in 1922. (The superintendent office was the forerunner to the Texas Education Agency .) During her first term she successfully launched
56-416: Was an American suffragist from Texas, educator, and author of a series of grammar textbooks. Blanton was elected Superintendent of Texas Public Instruction in 1918, making her the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office. Blanton was one of seven children born to Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia Webb Blanton. She had a twin, Fannie, who died young. Her brother, Thomas Lindsay Blanton , served as
64-557: Was elected president of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1916, the first woman to hold that position. Blanton was professor of English at the North Texas State Normal College in Denton from 1901 to 1918. She later served on the education faculty of the University of Texas at Austin for 22 years. She was the third woman to hold full professor status at the University of Texas. In 1929, she founded
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