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Manufacturing employees at IBM's Poughkeepsie, N.Y., plant in 1940.
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| 1942 |
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The first disabled blind female employees begin working at IBM. |
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| 1943 |
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IBM names Ruth Leach (Amonette) a vice president, the company's first female executive.
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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. |
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| 1944 |
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IBM Endicott names Marguerite L. Rounds as its first female manufacturing foreman. |
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| 1946 |
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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).
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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. |
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Jacqueline Decker qualifies for IBM's One Hundred Percent Club, marking her ascent to the top echelon of IBM's sales force.
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Women members of the 100% Club in 1949.
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