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TriDelta was founded in 1888 by Sarah Ida Shaw and Eleanor Dorcas Pond. There were six national women's chapters at the time: Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, Alpha Phi, and Gamma Phi Beta. The two founders thought there needed to be a new group of women who "shall be kind alike to all and think more of a girl's inner self and character than of her personal appearance." Thus, at Boston University at the beginning of the semester in 1889, Delta Delta Delta initiated 11 women, bringing the founding class to 18. The Theta Zeta Chapter of TriDelta was founded on February 23, 1912. The local club was called Sigma Alpha Chi because two of the members dated men from the fraternities, Sigma Chi and a Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The local club petitioned Nationals for a charter in April, 1911. In November, the charter was granted, and initiation was postponed until February, 1912 because of exams and university-wide spinal meningitis quarantine. 16 members from Southwestern assisted the initiation of the Theta Zeta chapter. Theta Zeta became the 5th chapter at UT, behind Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Kappa Alpha Theta. Currently, Theta Zeta hosts 209 members. 56 women live in the sorority house with our house mom, Kitt Seay. Our chapter GPA is 3.367, with a panhellenic rank of # 2. Our chapter philanthropy benefits the children of St. Jude's Hospital.
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