In 1916, the Florida State College for Women (FSCW) established a two-year program in business education within the College of Arts and Sciences. At that time, the curriculum comprised bookkeeping, introductory commerce subjects, and secretarial science. According to A Golden Moment: Our Fiftieth Anniversary, published by the FSU College of Business (2001), in 1927, Mary Luella Richey, Floridas first female certified public accountant, established FSCWs four-year program in accounting. It was the only such program in a womens college in the United States. Richey, who came to FSCW in 1916 to teach a two-year program in commerce-related subjects, was fascinated with accounting and became a pioneer in business education. The initial program in accounting, which she developed in the 1920s, was the precursor to the accounting curriculum in the FSU School of Business in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2007, according to the Public Accounting Report, an independent newsletter of the accounting profession, FSU's accounting program was ranked within the top 25 in the nation.
From the guide to the Florida State University Accounting Department Footnote, Spring 1996-Spring 1997, (Repository Unknown)
