Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard
University in Washington D.C. by five coeds. These women dared to
depart from the traditional coalitions for Black women and sought to
establish
a new organization predicted on the precepts of Scholarship, Service,
Sisterhood,
and Finer Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders has been
traversed
by thousands of woman dedicated to the emulation of the objectives and
ideals of the Sorority.
The Sorority was the, first Greek-letter organization to charter a
chapter in
Africa (1948); to form adult and youth auxiliary groups, the Amicae,
Archonettes,
Amicettes, and Pearlettes; and the FIRST and ONLY to be constitutionally bound to a brother
group, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated.
Zeta's national and local programs include endowment of its
National
Educational Foundation; community outreach services; and support of
multiple affiliate
organizations. Zeta chapters and auxiliary groups have given
untotaled
hours of voluntary service to educate the public, assist youth, provide
scholarships, support organized charities, and promote legislation for
social and civic change. A non-profit
organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is supported by dues
and gifts of its members.
