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Beulah Elizabeth Burke〔 (1885–1975), She and her sister Lillie were two of the nine original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women. In her leadership as an educator and civic activist, Burke created important social capital. Her legacy of Alpha Kappa Alpha has continued to contribute to society for nearly 100 years. Burke was instrumental in founding and leading new chapters at colleges in the Midwest. The African-American population was dramatically increasing in major cities there due to the Great Migration. Young women in Chicago and other cities had more chances for education through high school and college. The chapters Burke established helped support African-American women in college and prepare them for later leadership to help the next generations in society. Beulah Burke demonstrated in her work as an educator, sorority leader and civic activist how African-American sororities supported women "to create spheres of influence, authority and power within institutions that traditionally have allowed African Americans and women little formal authority and real power."〔Tamara L. Brown, Gregory Parks, Clarenda M. Phillips, ''African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision''. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005, p. 342.〕 ==Early life== Beulah Burke was born in Hertford, North Carolina and had a sister Lillie.〔 p. 9.〕 After her family moved to Washington, DC, both Burke and her sister entered Howard Preparatory School in 1900 for high school.〔 Burke graduated in 1904 from the school and entered Howard College (later University) later that year.〔 Burke attended Howard University, the top historically black college in the nation, at a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college.〔James D. Anderson, ''The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1988, p.245〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beulah Burke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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