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Women at Hewlett-Packard: A Storied Legacy

A group of 12 female employees of Hewlett-Packard pose for a photo in an office in the 1960s. Enlarge
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Date: 1960s

Women employees have been a part of Hewlett-Packard since the beginning, starting just months after the company’s founding in 1939 when Hewlett-Packard hired its first female employee as a secretary. By 1964, more than 2,600 women worked for Hewlett-Packard, representing 37 percent of total employment.

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