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 sought to establish a new organization
predicatedon the precepts of Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood and Finer Womanhood. The trail blazed by the founders has been traversed by thousands of women 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, Archonette, Amicette, and Pearlette and 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;  community outreach services; 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 is incorporated in Washington, D.C. and in the state

of Illinois.  The Sorority is supported by the dues and gifts of its members.

The members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority are its most valuable asset.  They are 125,000 predominantly black, educated women, collegiate and graduate who are active in over 800 chapters throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Sorority includes women with baccalaureate, master, doctoral and professional degrees in the fields of education, law public administration, government medicine and health, engineering, the fine and performing arts, corporate management and the physical and social sciences.

Our Five Founders Arizona Cleaver Viola Tyler Myrtle Tyler Pearl Neal Fannie Pettie

Profile of Iota Sigma Zeta
Iota Sigma Zeta Chapter was chartered on November 10, 1979, in New Bern, North Carolina. Presently there are twenty-five members.  Members have worked diligently to execute national and local programs, as well as Z-Hope (Zeta Helping Other People Excel through Mind, Body and Spirit), the programmatic product of our current International President.  Community Service is one of the most important aspects of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.  Therefore, Iota Sigma Zeta Chapter strives to maximize its output for the well-being of the community.

The charter members of Iota Sigma Zeta are Doris P. Foy, Rosetta E. Lewis, (Deceased), Janie B. Dillahunt,  Mary J. Jones (Deceased) and Annie C. Hall (Deceased).

The Chapter’s first President was Rosetta Lewis, an active and viable member of the chapter until her death in January 2006, at the age of 94.

Iota Sigma Zeta sponsors several auxiliaries: 
Amicae
Archonette
Amicette
Pearlette