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On this date in 1920, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded by five women at Howard University in Washington, D.C., as the sister organization to Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Zeta's founders knew it was time for a new and progressive organization that would emphasize community service more than socializing and elitism. With the encouragement of two Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. members, the founders chose not to embrace the tenets of established sororities. Thus, Zeta Phi Beta was founded to encourage the highest standards of scholarship through scientific, literary, cultural, and educational programs.
Zeta sisters promote service on college campuses and in the community, foster sisterly love, and exemplify the ideal of Finer Womanhood.
Black American Colleges and Universities:
Profiles of Two-Year, Four-Year, & Professional Schools
by Levirn Hill, Pub., Gale Group, 1994
ISBN: 0-02-864984-2
