MIT university elects school's first-ever black woman as student body president since 1861

- Sophomore Danielle Geathers has been elected as president of the student body at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

- The mechanical engineering major student makes history as the first-ever black woman to be elected president of the undergraduate association at MIT

- Sophomore Danielle Geathers is also the founder of Talented Ten

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Sophomore Danielle Geathers has written her name in the history books after being elected the first-ever black female president of the undergraduate association at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

She makes history as the first black woman to lead the student body as president at MIT since the school was founded on April 10, 1861. Geathers is currently a mechanical engineering major.

Speaking to the institute’s paper, Geathers said she is hopeful that the latest history in the school will defeat perceptions that the school is still mostly white and male-dominated.

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"A black female in that role will squash every perception that MIT is still mostly white and male," becauseofthemwecan.com quotes Geathers as saying.