The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Larzette Hale-Wilson

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Larzette Hale-Wilson

3/17/2008

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2008.056

Accountant and association chief executive Larzette Hale-Wilson (1920 - 2015 ) was the first black female CPA in the United States to also hold a Ph. D. in accounting. As president of the AKA sorority, she initiated the sorority’s coordinated central accounting system and began the Heritage Series, which produced more than five thousand copies of booklets on the accomplishments of contemporary African American women. Hale-Wilson was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/17/2008, in Logan, Utah. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 2; Total Run Time: 00h 51m 06s

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Hale, Larzette Golden, 1920-

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The 17th International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc. Larzette Golden Hale-Wilson was born in Idabel, Oklahoma, to Thomas and Mary Golden. Under Hale-Wilson's leadership, the AKA Sorority underlined the accomplishments of contemporary African American women through the founding of its Heritage Series. She is also the first black female Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the United States to also hold a Ph.D. in accounting.Hale-Wilson was initiated into the Alpha Zeta Chapt...