Finer Womanhood is an official sorority observance which begins during the last week of February and continues through the month of March. The concept of choosing a Woman of the Year was introduced to the Kappa Zeta between the years of 1946 and 1948 Soror Marion Dillard, and then later, presented the idea to the Southern Region of the sorority. Today, Woman of the Year observances are included in most Finer Womanhood celebrations throughout all chapters of Zeta Phi Beta.
Kappa Zeta chapter is continuing its rich legacy and annually recognizes a woman who exemplifies the ideal of Finer Womanhood through her service in the community. Over the last 50 years, numerous women in the Dallas area have been honored as Kappa Zeta‛s Woman of the Year.
Kappa Zeta chapter is continuing its rich legacy and annually recognizes a woman who exemplifies the ideal of Finer Womanhood through her service in the community. Over the last 50 years, numerous women in the Dallas area have been honored as Kappa Zeta‛s Woman of the Year.
2025 Woman of the Year
Marsha Jones
I believe that I am the community that I have been chosen to serve, and I don't take that statement lightly. I am a woman of extreme faith and I believe and live by Luke 12:48 "To whom much is given much is required." I have been blessed with an enormous capacity to serve and because of that ... much service is required of me. Serving people especially Black women by changing the negative narratives used to justify non-prioritizing of Black women's health and wellness. I'm grateful that women living with HIV have allowed me to be directly involved in their lives. Creating programs such as Living Out Loud and End with Red designed to end stigma, develop leadership, and address disparities for women living with HIV, even though I'm not a woman living HIV. My entire life is one that has been built on service, I have no desire to have great things said about me, however, I pray that my life exemplifies servanthood... Matthew 20:26 if anyone wants to be great let her first be a servant.
Marsha Jones, a Texas native, is co-founder and executive director of The Afiya Center, the only reproductive justice organization in North Texas founded and directed by Black women. She is a national grassroots organizer, community mobilizer, professional speaker, and health educator with a commitment to transforming women and girls' lives. She's pledged to the development of leadership and engagement of activism among women by challenging harmful systemic and political constructs to advance the economic, health, and safety of women and girls. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and is a graduate of the Black AIDS Institute's African American HIV University (Science and Community Mobilizing Fellowship Program) and Tyndale Theology School. Marsha has served on various boards and capacities as an act of service to honor Black women.
Marsha Jones, a Texas native, is co-founder and executive director of The Afiya Center, the only reproductive justice organization in North Texas founded and directed by Black women. She is a national grassroots organizer, community mobilizer, professional speaker, and health educator with a commitment to transforming women and girls' lives. She's pledged to the development of leadership and engagement of activism among women by challenging harmful systemic and political constructs to advance the economic, health, and safety of women and girls. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and is a graduate of the Black AIDS Institute's African American HIV University (Science and Community Mobilizing Fellowship Program) and Tyndale Theology School. Marsha has served on various boards and capacities as an act of service to honor Black women.
Finer Womanhood……A Legacy of Extraordinary Women
“Anybody can be a lady, gender will grant you that, but it takes a lady extraordinaire to be a woman, and an extraordinary woman to exemplify Finer Womanhood.” - Debra Vincent Sloan
“Anybody can be a lady, gender will grant you that, but it takes a lady extraordinaire to be a woman, and an extraordinary woman to exemplify Finer Womanhood.” - Debra Vincent Sloan