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Lula Vashti Turley Murphy (February 1884 – March 17, 1960) was an American educator and community leader, one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta, the historically black sorority.

Early life and education

Lula Vashti Turley was born in 1884, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Hamilcar Turley and Ida H. Francis Turley.^[1] Her father was a clerk in the Pension Bureau, and a church choirmaster.^[2] Both of her parents died when she was a girl, and her older siblings both died while she was in high school.^[3]

Turley graduated from the M Street School in Washington, D.C., and trained as a teacher at the Miner Normal School (now the University of the District of Columbia).^[3] In 1913, while she was a student at Howard University, Turley was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta.^[4][5] At Howard, she graduated in the class of 1914.^[6]

Delta Sigma Theta and other activities