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The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International .....
Its Heritage.
The
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International has headquarters
located in Austin, Texas, and is an international group
of outstanding women educators who have local chapters
located in fourteen countries, including the United
States, Mexico and Canada, with several in Latin America
and Europe. Membership into this group of Key Women
Educators is by invitation, but any of our 135,000 members
would be glad to assist an interested candidate in attending
a local meeting. The Delta Kappa Gamma Society is the
only educational organization that represents women
educators in every phase of the teaching-learning act.
The
Society was started in 1929 by a dynamic educator named
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton and eleven other outstanding
Texan women teachers who believed in equality for women
teachers. Through the vision of Dr. Blanton and the
diligent efforts of all twelve founders, this organization
was formed to recognize the successful experience of
women educators and to further their growth and participation
in all aspects of the profession. It was Dr. Blanton's
goal to form an organization to help remove barriers
limiting the advancement of women educators.
Dr.
Blanton served as the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction for Texas from 1918-1922, during which time
she had been told by a man that the reason women did
not accomplish more than they did was that they would
not work together. Years later, she decided that if
women were unified by bonds of an organization, they
could fortify one another in accomplishing worthy endeavors.
She used her vision, her dedication, and her strong
business acumen to convert an idea into a moving force
for good in education. Thus began The Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International.
The
International Headquarters Building is located at
416
W. Twelfth Street
Austin, Texas
and
can be reached using the following methods:
e-mail: www.dkg.org/contact
telephone: 1-512-478-5748
web site: www.dkg.org
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