The First Black U.S. Delegate Appointed To The United Nations Edith Sampson Is A Zeta
Did you know that Edith Sampson, the first woman to receive a law degree from Loyola University was a member of Zeta Phi Beta? Sampson was a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Sampson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied at the New York School of Social Work before being convinced by one of her instructors to become an attorney. Her law firm served black communities on the South Side of Chicago. She also served as a probation officer before being appointed an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County.
Edith was the first African American delegate to the United Nations. In addition, she was the first African American woman elected judge on the municipal court. She was quoted saying “I would rather be a Negro in America than a citizen in any other land.”
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