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A Riveting Job: Wartime Women at HP

Cover of Watt's Current from March 8, 1946 featuring a production line of mostly women. Enlarge
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Date: 1946

Wartime production brought more employees into the fold, especially women and retirees. “Rosie the Riveters” were a common sight on Hewlett-Packard assembly lines in the mid- to late-1940s.

Tags: 1940s • 1946 • Diversity and Inclusion • Watt's Current • women

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