Sarah Meriweather Nutter

        Sarah Meriweather Nutter was born in Washington, D.C. Her mother, 
Mrs. Mary L, Meriweather, was a teacher in the local public schools for many 
years-, she later became a charter member of Xi Omega Chapter and for a 
number of years Mrs. Meriweather was the sorority's oldest active member.  
Mrs. Nutter's father, James Meriweather, was an alumnus and trustee of Howard
University.
        Sara Meriweather graduated from M. Street High School in 1906 and 
entered the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University Her associates 
say she was always in a hurry and was extremely efficient.  She was asked to 
become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha because of her seriousness, studiousness
and her scholastic ability She was an honor student majoring in English and 
history.  Unlike most of her contemporaries, she graduated from Miner Normal 
School in 1912, two years after her graduation from Howard.  Later in 1915, 
she pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago.  She taught 
English at the Teacher Training School in Baltimore, at Howard University, 
and at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.
        In 1914, Sarah Meriweather represented Howard University at the World
Student Federation Convention at Princeton, New Jersey She sent Nellie 
Quander a piece of ivy from the grave of former President Grover Cleveland.  
This cutting was planted on the right side of the Manual Arts Building at 
Howard University.
        In 1920, she married Attorney T. Gillis Nutter and moved to 
Charleston, West Virginia.  Mrs. Nutter became a very active member of the 
Charleston community.  Perhaps her most outstanding work was with the local 
branch of the NAACP, which she served as director of the Program Committee 
and chairman of the Education Committee.  Mrs. Nutter was the organizer of 
the College Alumni Club of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and of the Book 
Lovers Club in Charleston.  She was the first Black member of the West 
Virginia Society for Crippled Children.
        In 1922, she helped to establish Nu Chapter at West Collegiate 
Institute (West Virginia State College), and in 1934 she organized Beta Beta 
Omega Chapter in Charleston.  For 27 years, she worked ardently with this 
chapter, Mrs. Nutter was also a much sought after speaker at local churches.
Sara Meriweather Nutter died on May 10, 1950 and is buried in Washington, 
D.C. Her gracious manner, high ideals and superior training, as well as her 
important contribution to the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 
will be long remembered.