The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among teachers and promote the highest ideals of the teaching profession. The ladies were a group of young teach­ers from Jersey City Normal School in Jersey City, New Jersey to discuss the idea of forming a sorority.

SEATED FRONT ROW:

Gladys Cannon Nunery • Julia Asbury Barnes •
Gladys Merritt Ross (Mother Founder) • Dr. Florence Steele Hunt

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STANDING BACK ROW:

Ella Wells Butler • Edna McConnell • Marguerite Gross • Mildred Morris