The women’s entrepreneurial experience at MIT started in 1870, when Ellen Henrietta Swallow first set foot on campus as an “experimental student.” Some 30 years later, she became the second president of the MIT Women’s Association, organized with her help “to promote greater fellowship among Institute women.” In the years since, the immeasurable contribution of MIT’s women to innovation and entrepreneurship has spanned the globe. This month, MIT commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first female student at MIT with Women’s Entrepreneurship Month at MIT, a celebration of female entrepreneurs at…
