Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

Founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1887

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1950

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle (born Ethel Hedgeman, February 10, 1887 - November 28, 1950) was a Founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (???) at Howard University in 1908.
It was the first sorority founded by African-American college women.
Lyle is often referred to as the "Guiding Light" for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Lyle had a forty-year career as an educator and was active in public life.
She was National Treasurer of the sorority for more than twenty years.
Ethel Hedgeman Lyle chartered (established) and was the first president of Omega Omega, its first alumnae chapter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lyle also founded the West Philadelphia chapter of the League of Women Voters and the Mothers Club in the city.
In 2000, the Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Academy, a charter school in St.
Louis, Missouri, was founded in her honor. All these activities helped create social capital in the city in a time of rapid growth and population changes.
Lyle demonstrated in her committed life 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."