Eliza Pearl Shippen (February 2, 1888 – May 17, 1981) was an American educator, and one of the founding members of Delta Sigma Theta.
She was an English professor and Dean of Women at University of the District of Columbia (then known as Miner Teachers College).
[1] Her father was a Presbyterian minister, and her older brother, John Shippen, was a professional golfer.
[13][14][15] Shippen died at a nursing home in Hyattsville, Maryland, in 1981, aged 93 years.
[16][17] Her grave in Hyattville is with the grave of fellow Delta Sigma Theta founder and Washington educator Florence Letcher Toms, with a shared memorial stone donated by the sorority.