First black female auditor employed by the IRS. Prominent civic activist.∼First African American female to become an auditor at the Internal Revenue Service. National President Emeritus of Eta Phi Beta (a national business and professional woman's sorority). Beginning her career with the federal government in 1942, she moved up through the ranks to the Internal Revenue Service in the Audit Division, where in 1967 she became the first black female to become an auditor. She became a revenue agent in 1971, and held that position as an Employee Plan Specialist until her death. She graduated from Cass Technical High School, Detroit Institute of Technology and the Lewis Business College prior to receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Detroit. She travelled extensively and was widely known for her civic, community and church related membership activities and philanthropic interests, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., American Society of Women Accountants, Women's Economic Club, League of Women Voters, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Council of Negro Women, March of Dimes, Todd-Phillips Baptist Children's Home, Delta Home for Girls, Detroit Bicentennial Committee and the National Black Women's Political Leadership Caucus.
She was also the recipient of many awards in honor of her accomplishments and humanitarian spirit including the Michigan Chronicle's Woman of the Year and the Detroit Institute of Technology's Alummi of the Year. Three months following a "This is Your Life" testimonial held in her honor and hosted by the Honorable Damon J. Keith, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Honorable Coleman A. Young, mayor of the city of Detroit, she succumbed to the ravages of breast cancer.
~ Bio by Legacy
First black female auditor employed by the IRS. Prominent civic activist.∼First African American female to become an auditor at the Internal Revenue Service. National President Emeritus of Eta Phi Beta (a national business and professional woman's sorority). Beginning her career with the federal government in 1942, she moved up through the ranks to the Internal Revenue Service in the Audit Division, where in 1967 she became the first black female to become an auditor. She became a revenue agent in 1971, and held that position as an Employee Plan Specialist until her death. She graduated from Cass Technical High School, Detroit Institute of Technology and the Lewis Business College prior to receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Detroit. She travelled extensively and was widely known for her civic, community and church related membership activities and philanthropic interests, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., American Society of Women Accountants, Women's Economic Club, League of Women Voters, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Council of Negro Women, March of Dimes, Todd-Phillips Baptist Children's Home, Delta Home for Girls, Detroit Bicentennial Committee and the National Black Women's Political Leadership Caucus.
She was also the recipient of many awards in honor of her accomplishments and humanitarian spirit including the Michigan Chronicle's Woman of the Year and the Detroit Institute of Technology's Alummi of the Year. Three months following a "This is Your Life" testimonial held in her honor and hosted by the Honorable Damon J. Keith, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Honorable Coleman A. Young, mayor of the city of Detroit, she succumbed to the ravages of breast cancer.
~ Bio by Legacy
