Delta Delta Delta was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on Thanksgiving Eve 1888. Our founders Sarah Ida Shaw and Eleanor Dorcas Pond, soon added another woman to their group by the name Etta May Budd.

Etta May Budd returned to Iowa and convinced her friends in L. F. V. (Lovers of Fun and Victory) to merge with Delta Delta Delta. The Lovers of Fun and Victory joined with Delta Delta Delta on May 8, 1989, and became the Delta Deuteron Chapter. 

Delta Deuteron Chapter later dropped the “Deuteron” in their name and became known as the Delta Chapter of Delta Delta Delta. 

The Delta Chapter of Delta Delta Delta is the longest running chapter in Delta Delta Delta history.

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.