Zeta has always been comprised of outstanding acheivers in every field of endeavor. Since it's inception, Zeta Phi Beta has produced some of the nations most prominent movers and shakers. These are but a few of the talented women who make Zeta proud.
ENTERTAINMENT
Towanda Braxton - Singer
Grace Bumbry - Opera Singer
Ja'Net Du Bois - Actress, singer, artist
Syleena Johnson - Singer
Minnie Ripperton - Singer
Esther Rolle - Actress
Tonea Stewart - Professor and director of theater at Alabama State University
and Actress
Sheryl Underwood - Comedian
Sarah Vaughn - Jazz Singer
SPORTS
Wendy L. Palmer - WNBA Basketball Player
Chantel Tremitiere - WNBA Basketball Player
DeMya Walker - WNBA Basketball Player
WRITERS
Monica Frazier - Columnist, Dentist
Zora Neale Hurston - Author
LAW & POLITICS
Violette Anderson - First woman of color to practice law before the US
Supreme Court
Julia Carson - US Representative
Algenita Scott Davis - Past President of the National Bar Association
Thelma Duggin - Political Activist
Yvonne Miller - VA Congresswoman
Willie M. Whiting - Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
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
FIRST TO...
Anita Turpeau Anderson - First woman student to be selected for the debate
team at Howard University.
Judge Bernice Donald - first black woman elected to the Tennessee Judiciary
Lullelia Harrison - first exec. secretary of all of the Greek letter
organizations
Elizabeth Koontz - first black president of the NEA
Clara McLaughlin - first black woman to own and operate a T.V. station
Myrtice Taylor - first black superintendent for curriculum and instruction in
the Atlanta Public Schools
Edythe White - first woman to serve on the Jackson, Alabama City Council
Sheila Williams - first black female news and public affairs director for two
radio stations simultaneously