Cannabis could be the 1st industry where women will be in the vanguard said a CO woman on Weediquette. (BTW, many find that edibles are a preferred method rather than vaping, smoking cannabis. Women chefs in several areas are raising the bar. 
RE entrepreneurs: 

From RogueValleyMessenger.com (S OR)

WOMEN IN WEED: A YEAR INTO A MATURING INDUSTRY The Messenger 8.11.16 

“We’re in the epicenter,” declares Mitra Sticklen. 
“Everyone is really passionate about the role they fill,” she says, and with a script that could come from a Silicon Valley startup, goes on to explain that they hold quarterly feedback sessions “to make sure everyone has an equal voice in the company.”

For the past 10 years, Sticklen has been working in what she calls the “organic farming movement,” and she believes it is more than a sum of the products they produce-it is truly about adding value to individuals and to communities.

“It lines up with my life goals—for movement building and farming,” she explains.