iarjhssIARJHSSIARJHSS2708-6267https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjhss.2021.v02i02.043Tracing the Roots of Female Entreprenuership among the Mizo: A Socio- Historical StudyCindyLalfakawmiLalhlimpuiiPachuauAssistant Professor, Dept. of History, Govt. Aizawl College: Mizoram, IndiaResearch Scholar, Dept. of History and Ethnography, Govt. Aizawl College: Mizoram University, IndiaThis paper explores the historical and socio-cultural conditions that have shaped the emergence of Mizo women as active participants in entrepreneurship. While entrepreneurship involves the willingness to innovate, take risks, and manage business ventures, the case of Mizoram reveals a unique context in which women have come to play a dominant role in local trade and business activities. Supported by high female literacy rates, Mizoram demonstrates one of the strongest female-driven entrepreneurial environments in Northeast India. The study traces this development back to the early years of Mizo society, drawing from local, colonial, and missionary records to understand traditional gender roles. In the patriarchal pre-colonial Mizo system, women held low status, limited rights, and were confined largely to domestic and agricultural labour. Despite this, the shared workload between men and women, combined with societal transitions brought by colonial modernity, gradually created an enabling environment for women’s larger economic involvement. By situating contemporary entrepreneurship within this historical background, the paper highlights how education, social change, and evolving gender relations have contributed to the growing presence of Mizo women in the world of business.