National history
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. as the sister organization to Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Five women chose not to embrace the tenets of established black sororities and chartered Zeta Phi Beta Sorority to encourage the highest standards of scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural and educational programs; to promote service projects on college campuses and in the community; to foster sisterhood; and exemplify the ideal of Finer Womanhood.
The founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated were Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings and Fannie Pettie Watts.
A private nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. Zeta women are committed to the eradication of obstacles that impede progress for all mankind. Since its inception, the sorority has chronicled a number of "firsts" among the established black sororities. In addition to being the ONLY organization constitutionally bound to a fraternity the sorority was the first to charter international chapters, those in West Africa and Germany; to form adult and youth auxiliary groups (the Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes and Pearlettes) and to organize its internal affairs within a central, national office administered by a paid staff. Zeta Phi Beta's purpose is to foster the ideals of service, charity, scholarship, civic and cultural endeavors, sisterhood, and finer womanhood.
These ideals are reflected in the sorority's national programs for which its members and auxiliary groups provide thousands of hours of voluntary service to several community outreach programs, organized charities and politics for the purpose of social and civic change. Our mission is Z-HOPE (Zeta Helping Other People Excel).
For more information about Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. visit the national website at www.zphib1920.org
The founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated were Arizona Cleaver Stemmons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings and Fannie Pettie Watts.
A private nonprofit organization, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois. Zeta women are committed to the eradication of obstacles that impede progress for all mankind. Since its inception, the sorority has chronicled a number of "firsts" among the established black sororities. In addition to being the ONLY organization constitutionally bound to a fraternity the sorority was the first to charter international chapters, those in West Africa and Germany; to form adult and youth auxiliary groups (the Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes and Pearlettes) and to organize its internal affairs within a central, national office administered by a paid staff. Zeta Phi Beta's purpose is to foster the ideals of service, charity, scholarship, civic and cultural endeavors, sisterhood, and finer womanhood.
These ideals are reflected in the sorority's national programs for which its members and auxiliary groups provide thousands of hours of voluntary service to several community outreach programs, organized charities and politics for the purpose of social and civic change. Our mission is Z-HOPE (Zeta Helping Other People Excel).
For more information about Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. visit the national website at www.zphib1920.org