Even early in Hewlett-Packard history, women were not excluded from technician roles. This included jobs involving the circuit etching process at the Palo Alto facility.

Sandy Metz of the Data Systems division posed with a two-board 1/2-MB microcomputer, which had more memory using fewer boards than its predecessors. Metz’s division developed the device, showing just ...

As with most company campaigns, employee safety at Hewlett-Packard facilities relied on a participatory culture, where managers and employees worked together to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.

Supporting Hewlett-Packard’s founders were a trio of loyal secretaries who remained with the company for decades. Madie Schneider (left) worked with Bill for 24 years, while Margaret Paull (right) wor ...

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 ...

Eight production teams operated at the Stanford Plant in the late 1950s. Women were well-represented on many teams, especially pre-fabrication and assembly and wiring.

Susan Packard Orr (front row, second from right) charted her own course in the tech industry, founding Telosa Software in 1986. On September 17, 1993, she followed in her father Dave Packard’s footste ...

Women’s work was often overlooked in the first half-century of Silicon Valley history, but women such as Collen Kimble played a crucial role in building and refining the products that made Hewlett-Pac ...

Learn more about the beginnings of the Technical Women’s Conference through former Director of University Relations Barbara Waugh’s experience.

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 ...