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 (NEF); 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.



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