Resilience lessons for women accountants
By Cheryl Meyer
Three accomplished women shared their experiences and trials in a recent webinar titled “
Forging the Path: Women in the Accounting Profession,” which was sponsored by the AICPA Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee and the National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion. Moderated by Adrienne Davis, CPA, financial adviser at Northwestern Mutual, topics included mentors, continual learning, and dealing with challenges, among others.
Learn from setbacks and successes, and have fortitude
All professionals deal with ups and downs, and that was certainly the case for Tifphani White-King, principal and national tax practice leader at Mazars in New York City. One of her worst career moments, she recalled, was losing her first client. After debriefing her client and sharing that information with her team, her firm was able to leverage some of those points to win some new work in the space, she said during the webinar.
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Opening doors for others: The first Black woman to become a CPA
By Anita Dennis
Mary T. Washington Wylie in 1943 became the nation’s first Black woman to earn the CPA license, a notable achievement in a remarkable life filled with many accomplishments. Washington Wylie also made it her life’s mission to hire and mentor Black aspiring CPAs. Her story illustrates the importance of early Black CPAs’ success and the advances they made for future generations of accountants.
A decision to pay it forward
Born in Mississippi, Washington Wylie (1906–2005) was a child when she was sent to live in Chicago with her grandparents after her mother’s death. Eager to escape a home life with an abusive grandmother, she was about to drop out of high school in her junior year, but a caring teacher took her in so she could finish her studies. “I think this was life-changing for her and helped her to become a giver,” said Washington Wylie’s granddaughter, Angie Spencer. “She decided
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