The purpose of Zeta Tau Alpha is the intensifying of friendship, the fostering of a spirit of love, the creating of such sentiments, the performing of such deeds, and the moulding of such opinions as will be conducive to the building up of a purer and nobler womanhood in the world. Zeta Tau Alpha was founded on October 15, 1989 at Virginia State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. The Theta Zeta Chapter of ZTA was established at Wofford College in 1978. There are 148 collegiate chapters of Zeta Tau Alpha currently.