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About Us"Nine years after women won the right to vote in the United States of America, DKG was founded to fill the needs of women in the educational profession. At that time, women teachers were offered few leadership positions, promoted rarely, fired easily, and paid less than male colleagues. Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, a university professor and a former Texas Superintendent of Education, dreamed of and planned for an organization in which women teachers could support one another and recognize themselves as leaders in their chosen profession. She and 11 other women educators, representing different disciplines and under assumed names for fear of losing their jobs, founded the Society on May 11, 1929." (Go-To Guide for Chapter Members, 2019. https://www.dkg.org/DKGMember/Resources/Go-To_Guide.aspx)
"The Founders believed that there was need for an organization in which women educators—rural and urban teachers; preschool, elementary, high school, college, and university teachers; librarians; school administrators; supervisors—might be united for efforts toward better professional preparation, recognition of women’s work in the teaching profession, and scholarships for those needing aid in improving their professional preparation." (https://www.dkg.org/DKGMember/About_Us/History/DKGMember/About_Us/History.aspx) |
Who DKG is Today |
It was established in 1929 by 12 educators in Texas who wanted to improve opportunities for women in every level of education as well as in advancing the status of women educators. From its beginning, DKG has grown into an international organization with chapters throughout 78 state organizations in 18 countries. Chapters are the heart of the Society, and it is at the chapter level (local level) of the Society where a woman educator begins her membership journey.
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Theta Nu's Beginnings |
Theta Nu is one of three chapters of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG) serving women educators in Smith County Texas. We are one of hundreds of chapters throughout the United States and the rest of the world.
DKG is a professional honorary society of women educators which promotes professional and personal growth of its members and excellence in education. Theta Nu Chapter was chartered on May 4, 1968 by Eula Lee Carter and Phyllis Ellis (two Texas State charter members) as the 205th chapter in the Texas State Organization of The Delta Kappa Gamma International. |
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