United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981890/1960Marie Woolfolk Taylor, a native of Atlanta, was one of the cofounders of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first Greek-letter organization in the nation to be established by Black college women. The sorority began in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and as of 2006 comprises more than 170,000 members.Image of a painting of Atlanta, Georgia native Marie Woolfolk Taylor, who was one of the cofounders of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first Greek-letter organization in the nation to be established by black college women. The sorority began in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and as of 2006 comprises more than 170,000 members.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/marie-woolfolk-taylor-ca-1890-1960Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/marie-woolfolk-taylor-ca-1890-1960Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGreek letter societies--United StatesAfrican American Greek letter societiesAlpha Kappa Alpha SororityPaintingCivic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaWomen civic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American women civic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American college students--Societies, etc.Taylor, Marie Woolfolk, ca. 1890-1960Marie Woolfolk TaylorStillImage