List of Zeta Phi Beta sisters

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Below is a list of notable members from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. Zeta Phi Beta was founded on January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C..^[1] The sorority was incorporated in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1923. In 1939, the sorority was later incorporated in Illinois.^[2]

1 Founders and Incorporators
2 National Presidents
3 Civil Rights
4 Science
5 Entertainers
6 Politicians
7 References

[edit] Founders and Incorporators

Name	Original Chapter	Notability	Reference
Arizona Cleaver Stemons	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Myrtle Tyler Faithful	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Viola Tyler Goings	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Fannie Pettie Watts	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Pearl Anna Neal	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Arizona Cleaver Stemons	Alpha	Founder	^[1]
Myrtle Tyler	Alpha	Incorporator	^[2]
Gladys Warrington	Alpha	Incorporator	^[2]
Joanna Houston	Alpha	Incorporator	^[2]
O. Goldia Smith	Alpha	Incorporator	^[2]
Josephine Johnson	Alpha	Incorporator	^[2]

[edit] National Presidents

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Zeta Phi Beta National Presidents^[3]

Arizona Cleaver Stemons, 1920-1921 • Myrtle Tyler Faithful, 1921-1922 • Joanna Houston Ransom, 1922-1923 • Nellie Buchanan, 1923-1925 • Dr. S. Evelyn Lewis, 1925-1926 • Ruth Tappe Scruggs, 1926-1930 • Fannie R. Givens, 1930-1933 • Violette N. Anderson, Esq., 1933-1937 • Nellie B. Rogers, 1937-1939 • Edith Lyons, 1939-1940 • Blanche Thompson, 1940-1943 • Dr. Lullelia W. Harrison, 1943-1948 • Dr. Nancy B. Woolridge McGhee, 1948-1953 • Dr. Deborah Cannon P. Wolfe, 1953-1965 • Mildred Cater B. Bradham, 1965-1970 • Isabel M. Herson, 1970-1974 • Dr. Janice G. Kissner, 1974-1980 • Dr. Edith V. Francis, 1980-1986 • Dr. Eunice S. Thomas, 1986-1992 • Dr. Jylla Moore Foster, 1992-1996 • Dr. Barbara West Carpenter, 1996-2002 • Barbara C. Moore, 2002-Present

[edit] Civil Rights

Name	Original Chapter	Notability	Reference
Autherine Lucy Foster		Plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case styled Lucy v. Adams which prevented the University of Alabama from denying admission solely based on race or color.	^[4]

[edit] Science

Evelyn J. Fields

Name	Original Chapter	Notability	Reference
Evelyn J. Fields		Rear Admiral; NOAA Director with Marine and Aviation Operations	^[5]

[edit] Entertainers

Dionne Warwick

Name	Notability	Reference
Minnie Riperton	singer	^[5]
Sheryl Underwood	comedian	^[5]
Janet Dubois	Actress/Singer	^[5]
Esther Rolle	Actress	^[5]
Dr. Tonea H. Stewart	Actress & first African American to star and later direct at the New Stage Theatre in Jackson, Mississippi	^[5]
Sarah Vaughn	International jazz singer	^[5]
Grace Bumbry	Opera singer	^[5]
Syleena Johnson	singer	^[5]
Dionne Warwick	singer of Walk On By	^[5]

[edit] Politicians

Name	Notability	Reference
Julia Carson	US Representative from Indiana	^[5]
Yvonne Miller	Virginia State Senator - District 5	^[5]
Violette Anderson	1st Woman of color to practice law before the US Supreme court	^[5]
Dr. Deborah Wolfe	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	^[5]
Mary McAllister	NC House of Representatives	^[5]
Bernette J. Johnson	first black female State Supreme Court justice in Louisiana	^[5]
Cynthia Willard-Lewis	New Orleans City Councilwoman	^[5]
Joan Carter Petersburg	VA City Councilwoman	^[5]
Honorable Andrei Ellen Lee	First African American General Session Judge in Nashville	^[5]