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Helen Vogue: Receptionist & Columnist
Women at Hewlett-Packard Company in the 1940s worked in all sorts of positions, from administration to production, and found outlets for their talents within the company culture as well as in executin ...
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HP at Fourth Tokyo International Trade Fair
Two women worked the Hewlett-Packard exhibit at the Fourth Tokyo International Trade Fair. The booth featured a scale model of the company’s main plant. “The model plus the flanking color transparenci ...
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Lazy Susans Improve Production at HP
Maizy Orme, Mary Jo Murray, Joann Hunsaker and Helen Gualtieri fabricated and tested range switches for oscilloscopes, displaying the key role women played in manufacturing one of Hewlett-Packard’s si ...
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Stocking Up: The Stockroom Workforce
Billie Howard and Marge Norman were part of the stockroom workforce during the war years. Women joined the Hewlett-Packard employee ranks en masse during this period, ultimately building long careers ...
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Top Draft Pick: HP’s Drafting Department
Marjorie Kidd, Barbara Ames and others worked in the Drafting Department during the war years. A separate issue of Watt’s Current ran a profile on Ames (second from right), noting that she was “indeed ...
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Willard Jones: Diversity Pioneer at HP
Willard Jones was Hewlett-Packard Company’s earliest-known African American employee, having joined the company by December 1943. Jones’ position with the company isn’t clear, but he clearly fit right ...
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Women in the Workplace: On the Clock
In addition to manufacturing jobs, women took on traditional office roles during the 1940s. Many also contributed to the Watt’s Current employee publication as columnists, reporters and typists.