Marjorie Hill
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Marjorie Arizona Hill (May 1886 – December 17, 1910) was an American educator and one of the nine founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University.[1][2] Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first sorority to be founded by African-American women.
Early life
Hill was born in Arizona in 1886. Her parents were Florence and George Hill.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She lived in Washington, D.C. in her early life.[3] She attended M Street High School, graduating in 1904 alongside Margaret Flagg Holmes.[4]
Hill enrolled the School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University in the fall of 1904.[1] On January 15, 1908, she and Holmes became founding members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, along with seven other female students.[1] Hill was noted for her involvement in the sorority's day-to-day operations.[1]
She graduated from Howard in 1908 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in pedegogy and political science.[1][5]
Career
In October 1908, Hall became a teacher at Morgan College in Lynchburg, Virginia.[1]
Personal life
Hill moved from Washington, D.C. to Lynchburg, Virginia in October 1908.[1] In 1909, she visited the Howard University campus with her sorority sister, Lucy Diggs Stowe.[1]
Hill died on December 17, 1910.[2][6] She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington D.C.[7][8]
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