Many years ago Sarah Ida Shaw envisioned a women's Fraternity that would promote the ideals of truth, self-sacrifice and friendship. The organization's purpose and motto help to keep that goal alive with our members today.
OUR PURPOSE
Written in 1888 by Sarah Ida Shaw, Boston
THE PURPOSE OF DELTA DELTA DELTA shall be to establish a perpetual bond of friendship among its members, to develop a stronger and more womanly character, to broaden the moral and intellectual life, and to assist its members in every possible way.
IT SHALL ALSO BE THE PURPOSE OF DELTA DELTA DELTA to promote and develop mutually beneficial relationships between the Fraternity and the colleges and universities where the Fraternity has established chapters, to develop qualities of unselfish leadership among its members, and to encourage them to assume, with integrity and devotion to moral and democratic principles, the highest responsibilities of college women.
THE OPEN MOTTO
(As'-fah-los Ag-a-po'-men Al-lay'las)
"Let us steadfastly love one another"
