Carrie E. Snowden

        Only a small amount of information can be found about this founding 
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.  Carrie Snowden entered the School of 
Arts and Sciences, Howard University, in 1906.  She was a very close friend 
of Harriet Terry, and in February 1908, while a sophomore, she was accepted 
into the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founding group without initiation.  She 
has been described as a small, slim, gracious young woman who was very eager
to join the sorority.
        When members of the sorority returned to the campus for the school 
year of 1909, they held a meeting to elect officers.  Harriett J, Terry was 
elected basileus for the first semester and Ms. Snowden was elected the new 
epistoleus.
        Ms. Snowden graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts 
degree in May 1910.  She studied English, French, German, history, geography 
and science.  Over the years, she continued to take additional subjects such 
as commerce, economics, social work and mathematics.  Her last registration 
at Howard University was in 1943, when she took a course in typing.  In later
years, she was employed at Howard University as a switchboard operator, a 
position which she held until her retirement.
        Ms. Snowden was a charter member of Xi Omega Chapter, which was 
established in 1923.  She remained active in Xi Omega Chapter, always 
participating on the membership and amenities committees, Ms. Snowden was 
shy and retiring and her work with the sorority was her only civic activity
        Carrie E. Snowden died in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and is buried 
there.