1934
Keypunch operators in IBM's Stockholm, Sweden, office in 1934.
1935
IBM hires its first professional women, 25 college seniors recruited for Systems Service. Shown here are graduates of IBM's first women's systems service class at Endicott, N.Y., in 1935.
- Thomas J. Watson, Sr. champions the introduction of women into IBM's professional ranks, as the company holds its first systems service class for women. These "pioneering women" are the first wave of IBM female employees to take on customer contact positions traditionally filled by men.
- Virginia L. Linkenhoker becomes IBM's first full-time system service woman. She is soon followed by the graduates of IBM's first systems service class for women.
Anne Van Vechten, a member of IBM's first system service class for women, becomes the company's Secretary of Education for the Women's Division.
1936
- M.U. Davids-van Ryn from the Netherlands becomes the first systems service woman in IBM's European operations.
- Gertrude M. Brooks, a graduate of IBM's Electric Writing Machines (EWM) sales school, becomes the company's first female sales representative.
1937
- IBM's first sales woman, Gertrude M. Brooks, becomes the first woman in the company to exceed her monthly sales quota.
1938
Bernice A. Gould joins the IBM Quarter Century Club, the first IBM female employee from Plant No. 1 in Endicott, N.Y. to achieve that distinction.
1938
- IBM's Quarter Century Club welcomes Mabel Willmore, completing the Club's first father/daughter pairing. Her father Alfred had joined the Club in 1937.
1939
The punched card layout department at IBM's Endicott, N.Y., plant in 1939.
Women's Business Professional Club in 1939.