Marjorie Arizona Hill (May 1886 – December 17, 1910) was an American educator and one of the nine founders of

Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...

Sorority, Inc. at Howard University. Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first sorority to be founded by

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women.

Early life

Hill was born in

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in 1886. Her parents were Florence and George Hill. She lived in

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in her early life. She attended

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, graduating in 1904 alongside

Margaret Flagg Holmes Margaret Flagg-Holmes (September 6, 1886 – January 29, 1976) was one of the sixteen founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, at Howard University in Washington, DC. It was the first sorority founded by African-American women. She w ...

. Hill enrolled the School of Arts and Sciences at Howard University in the fall of 1904. On January 15, 1908, she and Holmes became founding members of

, along with seven other female students. Hill was noted for her involvement in the sorority's day-to-day operations. She graduated from Howard in 1908 with a

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degree in pedegogy and

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Career

In October 1908, Hall became a teacher at Morgan College in

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Personal life

Hill moved from Washington, D.C. to Lynchburg, Virginia in October 1908. In 1909, she visted the Howard University campus with her sorority sister, Lucy Diggs Stowe. Hill died on December 17, 1910. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington D.C.

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Honoring the Past: Alpha Kappa Alpha FoundersCentennial Celebration: Founders
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