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Emily Duncan: HP Culture & Diversity
Emily Duncan worked at Hewlett-Packard from 1985–2007 in various positions related to diversity, including vice president, culture & diversity for 10 years. During her time with HP, Duncan led diversi ...
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Ercil Joseph Breaks Calibrating Record
In 1962, associate Ercil Joseph earned recognition when she set the calibrating record for Hewlett-Packard’s 608 signal generator, calibrating 24 units in a single day. Women like Joseph were welcomed ...
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First Woman on HP’s Board
Shirley Hufstedler (center) lived a trailblazing life. Her accomplishments included serving as the only woman among 120 Superior Court judges in California, the first United States Secretary of Educat ...
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Front and Center: Product Assembly
Barbara Brown and June Wessel worked on pre-fab assemblies in Hewlett-Packard’s recently constructed Stanford Unit no. 2, one of the company’s first facilities at Stanford Research Park. The new facil ...
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Getting Technical: Women Technicians
In the 1970s, more women found opportunities to work in technical roles, an area traditionally dominated by men across the industry. Women made up 11 percent of all Hewlett-Packard technicians by 1978 ...
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Gladys Anenson: HP’s First Female Machinist
Gladys Anenson was Hewlett-Packard Company’s first female machinist and department supervisor. She arrived at the company in 1943, starting with a brief stint assembling small parts. Impressed by her ...
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Greeting Employees: A Dialogue with Dave
Bill and Dave were big proponents of personally meeting with employees of all levels. By the 1960s, the founders greeted even more women during their rounds. Female employees continued to hold roles a ...
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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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Hiring Diverse Interns at HP
HP actively worked to increase the diversity of its workforce through participation in programs with colleges and universities. These programs invited promising women and minority students like MIT st ...
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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 ...