Notable Sorors

All Alpha Kappa Alpha Women are notable in our eyes. The women listed here are those whose accomplishments have been seen in the spotlight.

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, founder and "guiding light" of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Jane Addams, winner of Nobel Peace Prize, founder of Hull House in Chicago, Illinois and professionalized social work as a field of study. 

Marian Anderson, human rights activist, delegate to the United Nations, the first African-American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera

and honored in "Fifty Black Women Who Changed America."

Maya Angelou, first African-American poet to read at a presidential inauguration, Pultizer Prize winning poet, award winning novelist and honored in "Fifty Black Women Who Changed America."

Vanessa Bell Calloway, current co-host of BET's Oh Drama!, and accomplished actress whose appearances include, The Inkwell, Coming to America, and What's Love Got To Do With It.

Yvette Lee Bowser, Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and creator and executive producer of Living Single.

Yvonne Braithwaite-Burke, former Congresswoman from California and the first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention.

Angie Brookes, first woman President of the United Nations.

Gwendolyn Calvert Baker, PhD., President of the United States Committee for UNICEF.

Suzette Charles, second African-American to become Miss America, 1984.

Marva Collins, founder of her own private school in Chicago.
Loretta Divine, actress, starred in movies such as Waiting to Exhale and Down by the Delta.

Leslie Esdaile, author of a number of fiction novels including Love Notes, Sundance, and After the Vows.

Ella Fitzgerald, internationally famous classical jazz artist, named outstanding performer of the year for eighteen consecutive years by Downbeat magazine, the jazz industry bible and honored in "Fifty Black Women Who Changed America."

Bettiann Gueno Gardner, co-chairman of Soft Sheen Products.

Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, advice columnist for Essence.

Janice Huff, meteorologist on TODAY Weekend and St. Louis Emmy Award Winner.

Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gatson, Assistant Surgeon General.

Shelia Jackson Lee, Texas Representative most known for her work with decreasing the amount of abandoned babies in the state.

Jewell Jackson McCabe, President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and founder of The National Political Congress of Black Women, Inc.

Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American woman astronaut.

Star Jones, co-host of The View talk show, lawyer, former Supreme Anti-Grammateus of Alpha Kappa Alpha, former legal analyst for Inside Edition, Today and Nightly News.

Coretta Scott King, activist and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism and founder of The National Political Congress of Black Women, Inc.

Lark McCarthy, National News Correspondent.

Lt. Col. Anita McMiller, Deputy Legislative Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Bebe Moore Campbell, author of Brothers and Sisters, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine and Singing in the Comeback Choir.

Toni Morrison, author of Pultizer Prize winning Beloved, first African-American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature and honored in "Fifty Black Women Who Changed America."

Sonia Norwood, mother of actress/ singer, Brandy.

Hazel O'Leary, United States Secretary for the Department of Energy.

Rosa Parks, mother of the Civil Rights Movement and honored in "Fifty Black Women Who Changed America."

JoMarie Payton Noble, humanitarian and actress, star of Family Matters.

Jada Pinkett-Smith, accomplished actress whose movies include Set It Off, Menace to Society and Jason's Lyric.