Women’s intercollegiate athletics began at MIT in 1973 with basketball, crew, and sailing teams. [The inaugural MIT field hockey team began in 1977.] Today, female student-athletes can participate in more than a dozen varsity sports and more than two dozen club teams, some of which are co-ed.
MIT Daily, 10 March 2023
Timeline:1970s
School:School of Engineering
Department:Chemical Engineering
Career:Community
Object:Image
Collection:Athletics, Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, Students, Women