Identity area
Type of entity
Organization
Authorized form of name
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Delta Kappa Gamma is an honorary society of professional women educators that promotes professional and personal growth in education and was founded in 1929. It strives towards a number of goals, including to unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship, to advance the professional interest and position of women in education, stimulate the personal and professional growth of its members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action, to honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctive service in any field of education, initiate endorse and support desirable legislation or other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators, endow scholarships to aid outstanding woman educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to non-member women educators, and inform the members of current economic, social, political and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.