Beta Tau Zeta Chapter was chartered February 24,1946 in Miami, Florida by twelve outstanding, committed, college educated and community conscious action-oriented women; Ethel Braynon Mannng, Eugenia Brooks Thomas, Glendena Carey-Edwards, Alma Lucille Crawford, Ireta M. Crosby, Dorothy Johnson Jenkins McKellar, Wilhelmina Page, Lovely Roberts, Ellen Styles Willis, Theodora Carey Williams and Corinthia Wilson.