1940
Manufacturing employees at IBM's Poughkeepsie, N.Y., plant in 1940.
1942
- The first disabled blind female employees begin working at IBM.
1943
IBM names Ruth Leach (Amonette) a vice president, the company's first female executive.
- IBM Endicott's Betty Loretta Garren and Marion Louise Haner join the U.S. Navy's WAVES and become the first female employees to join the U.S. military in World War II.
1944
- IBM Endicott names Marguerite L. Rounds as its first female manufacturing foreman.
1946
IBM manufactures the Banks Pocket Braille Writer, a pocket-sized Braille printer, which it donates to veterans and sells to public at cost (Visually impaired IBM employees receive free pocket-sized Braille printers).
- F.H. Finn becomes the first woman to qualify for IBM's One Hundred Percent Club, the top group of sales representatives who achieve or exceed their annual sales quotas.
Jacqueline Decker qualifies for IBM's One Hundred Percent Club, marking her ascent to the top echelon of IBM's sales force.
1949
Women members of the 100% Club in 1949.