[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of standing up for 
women and celebrating the 100-year anniversary of my sorority, Delta 
Sigma Theta Sorority, a sorority of more than 200,000 Black college-
educated women founded in 1913, an organization where 22 African 
American women were the only women of color to participate in the 
women's suffrage march.
  I thank Delta Kappa Chapter, where I was made, and the Columbus and 
Dayton alumni chapters, where I serve, for standing on their shoulders 
and continuing the legacy because they understand that we must continue 
to stand up for women in health care, in education, and in the 
workplace, because when women do better, our children do well; when 
women do well, our families do well; when women do well, our men do 
well; and yes, when women do well, America does well.
  Thank you, women, and thank you, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

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