RPI admits women, 1942

Rensselaer Institute to Graduate Women
Rensselaer Institute to Graduate Women

In honor of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 207th commencement ceremony tomorrow, we’d like to note that it was 71 years ago that the institute determined that having ovaries would not necessarily preclude a person from understanding engineering and science. Today, that “limited number” of women students is as high as 29% of the student body.

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