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Quick Facts
Date/Place Founded
January
16, 1920
Howard University
Washington, D.C.
Principles
Scholarship, Service,
Sisterly Love, Finer Womanhood
Sorority Colors
Royal Blue & White
Symbol
White Dove
Flower
White Rose
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Notable Zetas
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated has long
appealed to women from varied backgrounds, and these women's
professions and accomplishments stretch across the spectrum. Ours is a
sisterhood of writers and singers, actresses and athletes, doctors and
debaters, elected officials and executives in business, lawyers and
law makers, plus everything else in between. Here are just a few of
our notable members:
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Politics/Law
Cynthia Willard-Lewis
New Orleans City
Councilwoman
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Entertainment
Minnie Ripper ton
Singer & Entertainer
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Education
Dr. Joyce Payne
Thurgood Marshall
Scholarship
Fund Founder
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Sports
DeMya Walkerf
WNBA Player
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Writers
Zora Neale Hurston
Writer and Folklorist of the
Harlem Renaissance
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Politics/Law
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Honorable Wanda Heard
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Baltimore
City Circuit Court Judge
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Julia Carson
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US
Representative - Indiana
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Yvonne Miller
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Virginia
State Senator - District 5
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Violette Anderson
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1st
Woman of color to practice law before the US Supreme court
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Dr. Deborah Wolfe
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Former
U.S. Education Chief, U.S. House of Representative committee on
Education and Labor, and Chairperson of the New Jersey Board of
Higher Education
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Mary McAllister
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NC
House of Representatives
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Bernette J. Johnson
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First
black female State Supreme Court justice in Louisiana
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Cynthia Willard-Lewis
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New
Orleans City Councilwoman
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Joan Carter
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Petersburg,
VA City Councilwoman
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Honorable Andrei Ellen Lee
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First
African American General Session Judge
in Nashville
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Curlie E. McGruder
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Civil
Rights Activist
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Entertainment
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Towanda Braxton
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Singer
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Janet Dubois
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Actress/Singer
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Ester Rolle
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Actress
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Sheryl Underwood
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Comedian
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Dr. Tonea H. Stewart
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Actress
& first African American to star and later direct at the New
Stage Theatre in Jackson, MS.
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Sarah Vaughn
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International
Jazz Singer
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Minnie Riperton
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Entertainer
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Dionne Warwick
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Singer
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Grace Bumbry
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Opera
Singer
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Syleena Johnson
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Singer
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Education
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Dr. Elizabeth D. Koontz
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1st
Black President of the National Education Astn.
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Dr. Joyce Payne
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Thurgood
Marshall Scholarship Fund Founder
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Josephine Groves Holloway
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Organized
the Girl Scouts for African American
Girls in Nashville, TN
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Sports
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Charlotte F. Westerhaus, J.D.
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NCAA
Vice-President for Diversity and Inclusion
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Wendy Palmer
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WNBA
Player
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Demya Walker
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WNBA
Player
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Chantel Tremitiere
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WNBA
Player
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Writers
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Writer
and Folklorist of the Harlem Renaissance
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Dr. Tommie Morton – Young
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