As we uncovered stories of Enterprising Women for this website, two central themes stood out, the people that influenced each woman's success and the mentors who helped them along the way. We've shared their stories here, as a way of encouraging you to share your story with us.

The Schlesinger Library began collecting stories in 1999 of graduates of the Harvard/Radcliffe Program in Business Administration. This Radcliffe program offered a management education to women from 1939 to 1963, when Harvard Business School was opened to women. As a starting point for our archive, we share a few of these women's stories. We invite you to add yours.

We hope that this archive will provide a snapshot of this exciting moment in 21st century business history.