List of Sigma Gamma Rho members

Sigma Gamma Rho is a historically African American sorority that was founded in 1922 at Butler University.^[1] Below is a list of some of the notable members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.

• Fatim Badjie - entrepreneur, strategic communications expert, and infrastructure development partner in Gambia
• Mary T. Washington - first African-American Certified Public Accountant^[2]

• Sandra Bland - activist; her following a traffic stop invigorated the Black Lives Matter movement^[3]
• Hydeia Broadbent (honorary) - United-States–based HIV/AIDS activist^[4][5]
• Gwen Carr (honorary) - activist, public speaker, and author^[6]

• Lucille Baldwin Brown - first Black public county librarian in the state of Florida; founding member of Sigma Gamma Rho^[7]
• Selena Sloan Butler (Eta Sigma) - founder and first president of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers Association; co-founder of the National Parent-Teacher Association^[8]
• Mary Ellen Cable - educator and principal of Indianapolis Public Schools no. 4^[9]
• Tressie McMillan Cottom - American writer, sociologist, and professor^[5]
• Rosa Slade Gragg - educator who founded the first black vocational school in Detroit, Michigan^[10]
• Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little - (Alpha) - educator and primary founder of Sigma Gamma Rho^[11]
• Lorraine A. Williams - first African-American woman to serve as vice president for academic affairs at Howard University^[12]

• Marsha Ambrosius (honorary) - R&B singer and songwriter^[6][13]
• Vanessa Bell Armstrong - four-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer^[14][15]
• Deshauna Barber (Alpha Zeta) - Miss USA 2016^[16][5]
• Hettie Vyrine Barnhill - choreographer and dancer^[17]
• Louise Beavers (honorary) - film and television actress^[18]
• Teisha Brown - (honorary) - R&B singer, member of Brownstone^[19][6][20]
• Jekalyn Carr - (honorary) - gospel singer, speaker, entrepreneur, actress, and author^[6][13]
• Maranda Curtis (honorary) - gospel singer and worship leader^[13]
• DJ Spinderella (honorary) - DJ, rapper, and producer best known as a member of Salt-N-Pepa^[21][13]
• Ellia English - singer, dancer, stage and film actress^[22]
• Ezinma - (honorary) - violinist, model, music educator, and film composer^[23][6]
• Fantasia (honorary) - R&B singer, actress, American Idol contestant^[24][25][26]
• Sheila Fortson - television journalist, radio host, and media/communications specialist
• Mercedes Gilbert - actress, novelist, and poet^[27]
• Nicci Gilbert - R&B singer, founding member of Brownstone^[20][19]
• Trudy Haynes - television news reporter; first African American TV weather reporter in the United States
• Anna Maria Horsford - actress^[28]
• Arin Jackson - (honorary) R&B singer, member of Brownstone^[20][19][6]
• Alexis Jones (honorary) - Grammy-nominated singer and actress^[25][6]
• Ta'Rhonda Jones (honorary) - actress^[29]
• Eva Jessye - conductor and composer^[15]
• Maysa Leak - jazz singer known for solo work and work with the band Incognito^[15][13]
• MC Lyte - rapper^[30][15][5]
• Tasha Page-Lockhart (honorary) - Christian R&B and gospel singer^[31]
• Marilyn McCoo - singer, actress, and television presenter^[32][13]
• Hattie McDaniel - actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, and first African American winner of an Academy Award^[33][5]
• Tasha Page-Lockhart (honorary) - gospel singer^[31]
• Carriebel Cole Plummer - dance, dance teacher, and choreographer^[34]
• Kelly Price (honorary) - Grammy-nominated R&B and gospel singer^[35][15][5]
• Martha Reeves - lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas^[15][13][5]
• Vickilyn Reynolds (honorary) - film and television actress and singer^[36]
• LaTavia Roberson (honorary) - R&B singer, entrepreneur, television personality; founding member of Destiny's Child^[37][13]
• Rebecca Roberts - (honorary) - radio commentator and curator of programming at Planet Word^[6]
• Wendy Raquel Robinson (honorary) - actress, producer, and co-founder of Amazing Grace Conservatory^[19][6]
• Victoria Rowell - actress, screenwriter, director, and producer^[38]
• Tonya Williams - actress, director, and producer^[39]

• Piper D. Griffin - Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court^[40]
• Anita Laster Mays - judge of the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals^[41][42][43]
• Ruth Whitehead Whaley - attorney, first Black woman admitted to the bar in North Carolina^[44]

• Alice Childress - novelist and playwright^[45]
• Alice Allison Dunnigan - first African-American female journalist credentialed to cover the White House in 1948^[46]
• Cynthia Horner - writer and magazine editor^[47]
• Beverly Jenkins - American author of historical and contemporary romance novels^[5]
• Erika Renee Land (Lambda Delta) - war poet, author, and spoken word performer
• Era Bell Thompson - writer and editor with Ebony^[48]

• Kathleen Jones-King - physician, one of the first Caribbean-born women to earn a medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine^[49]

• Tiffany T. Alston - Maryland House of Delegates^[50]
• Lindy Boggs - first woman from Louisiana elected to United States House of Representatives; first woman to chair the Democratic National Convention^[51]
• Aisha Braveboy - former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, state's attorney for Prince George's County^[52]
• Eugenia Charles - first woman to hold the position of Prime Minister of Dominica^[53]
• Gwen Cherry - first African American female to serve in the Florida House of Representatives^[54]
• Robin Kelly - United States House of Representatives^[55][26][5]
• Barbara Lee - (honorary) - United States House of Representatives, Mayor of Oakland, California, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus^[6][56]
• JoAnn Maxey - Nebraska Legislature
• Wanda Brownlee Paige - Kansas House of Representatives^[57]
• Georgia Davis Powers - Kentucky Senate^[58]
• Mary Pruitt (honorary) - Tennessee House of Representatives^[59]
• Leah Landrum Taylor - Arizona Senate^[60]
• Nina Turner - Ohio Senate^[61][5]

• Carolyn Tyler Guidry - second women to become a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church^[62]

• Sharrieffa Barksdale - hurdler who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics^[63]
• Tiana Bartoletta - (honorary) track and field athlete^[6]
• Maritza Correia - first African-American woman to make the U.S. Olympic swim team and win a medal^[64][5]
• Tonya Edwards - (honorary) - professional basketball player and current assistant coach of the Chicago Sky^[6]
• Carmelita Jeter - sprinter, who competed in the 60, 100, and 200 meter races, winning three Olympic medals^[65][5]
• Bianca Knight (honorary) - former track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist^[66]
• Yolett McPhee-McCuin - head coach of Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball^[26]
• Donna Orender - collegiate and professional basketball player; president of the Women's National Basketball Association^[67][5]
• Renee Powell - PGA Hall of Fame golfer; second Black woman to compete on the LPGA Tour; first woman of color elected to the membership in the PGA of America^[68]
• Sheryl Swoopes (honorary) - professional basketball player; first player to be signed in the Women's National Basketball Association; three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player^[69]