Black Excellence: Mary T. Washington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_T._Washington
Mary T. Washington (April 21, 1906 – July 2, 2005) was the first African-American woman to be a certified public accountant in the United States.[1]
Mary Thelma Morrison was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Daisy and William Morrison.[2] Her father was a carpenter, and her mother passed when she was only 6 years old.[3] Following her mother’s death, Washington was raised by her grandparents in Chicago. She excelled as a math student at Wendell Phillips High School.[3] She earned her bachelor’s degree in business from Northwestern University in 1941.[4][5]