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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded in 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; promote service projects on college campuses and in the community; foster
sisterhood; and exemplify the ideal of Finer Womanhood. A private nonprofit organization,
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state of Illinois.
Since its inception, the sorority has chronicled a number of "firsts"
among 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 untotaled hours of voluntary service to staff community
outreach programs, fund scholarships, support organized charities and promotes legislation
for social and civic change.
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