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1931
Alma Katherine Ledig WG’31 becomes the first woman to earn a Wharton MBA, ten years after first MBA class was enrolled in 1921. She completed a 139-page thesis entitled “Training of Salespeople for Ready-to-Wear Departments”
Alma Katherine Ledig WG’31 becomes the first woman to earn a Wharton MBA, ten years after first MBA class was enrolled in 1921. She completed a 139-page thesis entitled “Training of Salespeople for Ready-to-Wear Departments”