Mary T. Washington, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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African-American accountant
Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1906
Date of Death: 02-Jul-2005
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Mary T. Washington
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- Washington was the first African-American woman to be a certified public accountant in the United States.
- Mary Thelma Morrison was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on April 21, 1906, to Daisy and William Morrison.
- Her father was a carpenter, and her mother passed when she was only 6 years old.
- Following her mother’s death, Washington was raised by her grandparents in Chicago.
- She excelled as a math student at Wendell Phillips High School.
- She earned her bachelor's degree in business from Northwestern University in 1941.
- During college, she worked at Chicago's Douglas National Bank.
- After graduation, she moved into a new position at Binga State Bank, one of the city's prominent black-owned businesses in the 1920s.In 1939 she founded Washington, Pittman & McKeever, an accounting and management consulting firm providing businesses and individuals with audit, accounting, tax and advisory services.
- Through her time at the firm, she trained a generation of younger black CPAs.Her marriage to Seymour Washington ended in divorce.
- She later married Donald Melvin Wylie.
- She had a daughter named Barbara with Seymour, and a son named Donald Wylie Jr with Donald.
- In addition, Mary and Donald adopted other children.Washington died July 2, 2005 at age 99, in Chicago.
- She was survived by her 5 children and her grandchildren.
- The Illinois CPA Society and the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois established the Mary T.
- Washington Wylie Opportunity Fund in her name to support diversity in the accounting profession.The City of Chicago has officially declared September 30, Mary T.
- Washington Wylie Day throughout the city.
- The official proclamation, signed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, coincides with the display of light post banners in Chicago’s Loop (LaSalle St.
- from Jackson to Adams and on Jackson Blvd.
- from Wells to Clark) provided by the Illinois CPA Society, to mark the occasion and honor a true pioneer in the accounting profession.
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