Tri Delta was founded in 1888 at Boston University by four extraordinary women; Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart, and Isabel Morgan Breed. Tri Delta was found in order to create an organization in which women could find themselves and could reach their full potential as individuals. As Sarah remarkd to Eleanor in 1888, "Let us found a society that shall be kind alike to all and think more of a girl's inner self and character than of her personal apperence."
Since it's founding at Boston University, Tri Delta has spread to 184 chapters nation wide including a chapter in Canada.
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
