Edith Motte Young was born in North Carolina. Soror Young’s birth and passing are unknown. She was one of the twenty-two founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated established on the college campus of Howard University. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically African American Greek-lettered sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that target the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913. The membership into the sorority is open to any woman who meets the requirements, regardless of religion, race, or nationality. Women may join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university, or through an alumnae chapter after earning a college degree. While founder Edith Motte Young was at Howard University she was the first recording secretary of the sorority’s Delta Sigma Theta Alpha Chapter. She did so well academically, that she graduated a year earlier than expected. Upon graduation from Howard University, she moved to Youngstown, Ohio. Later, Ms. Young began teaching at Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina. and began teaching at Claflin University. She remained there until she married and then made Youngstown, Ohio her home. She was also an accomplished pianist from North Carolina. She recognized that her two daughters also had a strong affinity to music and enrolled them in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She went on to receive her M.A. Degree in Biblical Literature from Oberlin College in Ohio. She eventually moved to Youngstown, Ohio. Ms. Young paved the way for many sorority members who were serving as teachers, pianists and Biblical scholars. Delta Sigma Theta sorority, through the work of Edith Motte Young and the other 21 co-founders, grew to be one of the largest predominately black sororities, the more than 200,000 initiated members are mostly college-educated women. The sorority currently has over 940 chapters located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, Liberia, South Korea, and the United States. Delta Sigma Theta is also a member of the umbrella organization National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) – an organization of nine international Black Greek-letter sororities and fraternities. The current (26th) national president is Dr. Beverly Evans Smith. The first public act of Delta Sigma Theta was participating in the Women's Suffrage March in Washington D.C., on March 3, 1913. Today, it is the largest African-American Greek-lettered organization. Since its founding, Delta Sigma Theta has created programming to improve political, education, and social and economic conditions, particularly within black communities. In addition to establishing independent programming, the sorority consistently collaborates with community organizations and corporations to further its programming goals.

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