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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Nellie_M_Quander.jpg/330px-Nellie_M_Quander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Nellie_M_Quander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="481" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Nellie Quander, Incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha; teacher; civic activist</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Nellie May Quander</div><br />February 11, 1880<sup id="cite_ref-McNealey199_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNealey199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 24, 1961<sup id="cite_ref-McNealey199_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNealey199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Susie_Russell_Quander" title="Susie Russell Quander">Susie Russell Quander</a> (sister)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nellie May Quander</b> (February 11, 1880 - September 24, 1961) was an incorporator and the first international president of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Alpha" title="Alpha Kappa Alpha">Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated</a>. As president for several years, she helped expand the sorority and further its support of African-American women at colleges and in communities. The sorority established a scholarship endowment in her name. The legacy of the sorority has continued to generate <a href="/wiki/Social_capital" title="Social capital">social capital</a> for over 112 years. </p><p>Quander served as an educator in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a> public schools for 30 years. Early in her career, she earned an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>. Later she earned a degree in social work at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a>, plus a diploma at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Uppsala" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Uppsala">University of Uppsala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>. </p><p>She was a leader in civic and community affairs, where she served on the board of directors at the <a href="/wiki/YWCA" title="YWCA">YWCA</a> and <a href="/wiki/YMCA" title="YMCA">YMCA</a>, as executive secretary at the Miner Community Center, as well as in leadership positions with the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Trade_Union_League" title="Women's Trade Union League">Women's Trade Union League</a> and other groups. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_early_life">Family and early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family and early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nellie May Quander was born in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> to John Pierson Quander and Hannah Bruce Ford Quander.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Quander_family" title="Quander family">Quander family</a> can trace their lineage three hundred years in <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>. They are considered to be one of oldest free <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African-American</a> families whose ancestors had once been enslaved in <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her father was a descendant of Nancy Quander, one of the slaves freed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Last_will_and_testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Last will and testament">last will and testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Nellie's mother was a relative of <a href="/wiki/West_Ford_(slave)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Ford (slave)">West Ford</a>, a freed <a href="/wiki/Mulatto" title="Mulatto">mulatto</a> and supposed son of <a href="/wiki/Bushrod_Washington" title="Bushrod Washington">George Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From his personal knowledge, West Ford informed the Mount Vernon Ladies Association about <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon_(plantation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vernon (plantation)">Mount Vernon Plantation</a>'s interior for later restoration. The association bought Mount Vernon during the 1850s for preservation.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During her early years, Nellie Quander attended Washington, D.C.'s public schools. She graduated from Miner Normal School with honors. It was established in 1851 as the <a href="/wiki/Normal_School_for_Colored_Girls" title="Normal School for Colored Girls">Normal School for Colored Girls</a> to train teachers. She also farmed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was very active in the church and community life and the superintendent at Lincoln Church.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Howard_University">Howard University</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Howard University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Quander entered <a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a>, only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites attended any college.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While enrolled at Howard University, Quander also taught students at the Garrison School in Washington D.C.'s public school system.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1912, she graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree, <a href="/wiki/Magna_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Magna cum laude">magna cum laude</a>, in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a>, <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VCU_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCU-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incorporation_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_Sorority,_Incorporated"><span id="Incorporation_of_Alpha_Kappa_Alpha_Sorority.2C_Incorporated"></span>Incorporation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Incorporation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quander became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha at Howard in 1910. She was elected as the chapter's president.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 11, 1912, there was a regular meeting of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. During the meeting, a few members of the organization were voting to change the name, symbols, and different standards. Quander appealed to them to honor the vows they had taken just months earlier but the girls did not agree.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was said to be "horrified" at the proposal and gave the women who disagreed with her a deadline to terminate the efforts of reorganizing the sorority.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the young women withdrew Quander began contacting graduate members to fully establish the incorporation of the sorority that began years before.<sup id="cite_ref-PEARLS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PEARLS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quander, along with <a href="/wiki/Minnie_B._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnie B. Smith">Minnie Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norma_Boyd" class="mw-redirect" title="Norma Boyd">Norma Boyd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julia_Evangeline_Brooks" title="Julia Evangeline Brooks">Julia Evangeline Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nellie_Pratt_Russell" title="Nellie Pratt Russell">Nellie Pratt Russell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Jones_Mowbray" title="Ethel Jones Mowbray">Ethel Jones Mowbray</a> moved to incorporate Alpha Kappa Alpha on January 29, 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-giddings_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giddings-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Quander's help, Alpha Kappa Alpha was nationally incorporated in Washington, D.C., as a <a href="/wiki/Non-profit" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit">non-profit</a> under the name Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated on January 29, 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-dcra2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcra2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency_1913-1919">Presidency 1913-1919</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presidency 1913-1919"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leading the initiative to incorporate the sorority, Quander served as president of Alpha Kappa Alpha. In 1913, at the first Boulé at Howard, she was officially elected president. After having served six years, at the next Boulé in 1919 at <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>, she resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her tenure, she wrote the constitution's preamble and appointed fellow members to implement the sorority's expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-duties_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-duties-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, Quander was selected as the first director of the North Atlantic Region of AKA.<sup id="cite_ref-NA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quander established the first Alpha Kappa Alpha scholarship for a senior with the highest grade point average in the School of Liberal Arts. The recipient received a ten dollar gold prize.<sup id="cite_ref-McNealey199_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNealey199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also expanded the sorority's undergraduate chapters. She assisted fellow founder <a href="/wiki/Beulah_Burke" title="Beulah Burke">Beulah Burke</a> to establish Beta chapter in Chicago, Illinois; Gamma Chapter at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>; and Delta chapter at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>. Quander was the sole founder of Zeta chapter at <a href="/wiki/Wilberforce_University" title="Wilberforce University">Wilberforce University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-chapters_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapters-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continued to act as graduate advisor to Alpha chapter, and was a member of the Xi Omega chapter in Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduation, Quander became an educator for the public school system in Washington, D.C., where she served generations of students for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the District was run as part of the Federal government, African-American teachers in the public schools were paid on the same scale as whites. The system attracted many outstanding teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1914 to 1915, Quander studied at Columbia University to earn her <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> degree. Later she pursued additional post-graduate degrees (see below). </p><p>From 1916 to 1917, Quander was a special field agent for the Children's Bureau for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor" title="United States Department of Labor">Department of Labor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this position, she observed the social and economic structure of <a href="/wiki/Mental_retardation" class="mw-redirect" title="Mental retardation">mentally handicapped</a> people in <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study was sponsored by the local Women's Club to prepare to establish an institution for the mentally handicapped.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quander furthered her education by attaining a degree in <a href="/wiki/Social_work" title="Social work">social work</a> at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University" title="New York University">New York University</a>, and studied <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a> for two summers at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1936, Quander earned a diploma at <a href="/wiki/Uppsala_University" title="Uppsala University">Uppsala University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Uppsala" title="Uppsala">Uppsala, Sweden</a>. She attended the International Conference on Social Work in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London, England</a> during the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the public schools, Quander established and supported the School Safety Patrol Unit for twenty-five years.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VCU_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VCU-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civic_activities">Civic activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civic activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quander demonstrated leadership at the <a href="/wiki/YWCA" title="YWCA">YWCA</a>, where she was a board member and chairman of the young women's department.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a member of the board of directors of the Business Professional and Industrial Committee in the <a href="/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley" title="Phillis Wheatley">Phillis Wheatley</a> YMCA.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quander was the national industrial field secretary in work related to <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">unions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a delegate for unions related to education and the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Trade_Union_League" title="Women's Trade Union League">Women's Trade Union League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She served as executive secretary of Miner Community Center, which served women and children. She also was secretary of the trustee board of Lincoln Temple Congregational Church, thus among the group that led the operations and financial affairs of the church.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_honors">Legacy and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984 at Alpha Kappa Alpha's <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond Jubilee">Diamond Jubilee</a> Boulé, Esther Garland Polard, a trustee of Howard University, established a scholarship endowment in Quander's honor.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total amount of the scholarship was $125,000. It is awarded to Howard University junior and senior students.<sup id="cite_ref-McNealey199_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNealey199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NI_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NI-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quander devoted her life to education and civic activities. She was close to her surviving sister <a href="/wiki/Susie_Russell_Quander" title="Susie Russell Quander">Susie Russell Quander</a> (member of <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Phi_Beta" title="Zeta Phi Beta">Zeta Phi Beta</a> - Alpha Chapter), nephews and friends.<sup id="cite_ref-BUO_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BUO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died on September 24, 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-McNealey199_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNealey199-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nellie_Quander&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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