| 词条 | Bertha Pitts Campbell |
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| name = Bertha Pitts Campbell | image = | caption = | birth_date = June 30, 1889 | birth_place = Winfield, Kansas | death_date = April 2, 1990 | death_place = Seattle, Washington | known_for = Co-founder of Delta Sigma Theta | occupation = | alma_mater = Howard University }}Bertha Pitts Campbell (June 30, 1889 – April 2, 1990) was a civil rights activist and one of the 22 founding members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.[1][2][3] Early lifeCampbell was born on June 30, 1889 in Winfield, Kansas. EducationCampbell was the only black student enrolled in Montrose High School (Montrose, Colorado) when she delivered the valedictorian address to the class of 1908.[4] Upon graduation Campbell was offered a four-year scholarship to Colorado College. Campbell declined the scholarship and chose instead to enroll in Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908 where she received financial support from the Congregational Church. In 1913 she co-founded Delta Sigma Theta and took part in a women's suffrage march in Washington, D.C. In June of that year she graduated cum laude from Howard University with a bachelor of arts degree in education. Activism and Later YearsIn Seattle, Campbell was a committed activist and organizer. She was a charter member of the Christian Friends for Racial Equality, an organization which worked to expand housing and other opportunities for the black community; she worked with the Seattle Urban League; and was the first black member of the board of directors of the YWCA of Seattle-King County. She was an active member of the YWCA for 53 years. At age 92, Campbell led 10,000 members of her Delta Sigma Theta sorority in a march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the participation of the organization in the suffrage march of 1913.Having long survived her husband and son, she spent her final years in a Seattle nursing home and died peacefully at age 100.[5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=28|title=Bertha Pitts Campbell|publisher=historylink.org}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.k-state.edu/dst1913/founders.html|title=Our 22 Founders|publisher=Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.: Eta Gamma Chapter}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900406&slug=1065096|title=Bertha Pitts Campbell, A Founder Of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority|first=William|last=Gough|date=April 6, 1990|newspaper=Seattle Times}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://montroseeducation.org/distinguished-alumni/bertha-pitts-campbell/|title=Bertha Pitts Campbell|publisher=Montrose Education Foundation, Inc.}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900406&slug=1065096|title=Obituaries {{!}} Bertha Pitts Campbell, A Founder Of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority {{!}} Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=2017-11-20}} Sources
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