Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
History of the Sorority
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Its founders, Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts, more affectionately known as the "Five Pearls," founded Zeta to affect positive change, raise consciousness in their community, encourage scholastic achievement, and foster unity among its members. These ideals marked the start of a path that has included programs and initiatives that address the human condition nationally and internationally.
Since its inception, Zeta has established itself as a trailblazing organization, including being the only sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council that is constitutionally bound to a fraternity, that fraternity being Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, and the first sorority in the National Pan-Hellenic Council to auxiliary groups, which include the Amicae, the Archonettes, the Amicettes, and the Pearlettes.
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“There is a Zeta in every girl regardless of race, creed or color, who has high standards and principles, a good scholarly average, and an active interest in all things that she undertakes to accomplish.”
