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WIT Decade 1950
 
 
1950's
IBM 1950's My Fair Ladies Recruiting Brochure Cover  

IBM 1950's recruiting brochure cover.
 
1956
Jeannette Kittredge Watson  

IBM appoints Jeannette Kittredge Watson, the widow of legendary IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Sr., as the first female member of the Board of Directors.
 
· IBM names Veronica Knizikiaucis its first female routing analyst. The position entails the preparation of engineering specifications for manufacturing processes.
 
1957
Ivy Woo, a secretary, joins IBM Hong Kong as its first female employee.  

Ivy Woo, a secretary, joins IBM Hong Kong as its first female employee.
 
1958
· Madeline Mantrell of IBM's San Jose Card plant becomes the first female employee in the Western Region to join the Quarter Century Club.
 
1959
· IBM's Sarah Wilkinson is one of the first three women admitted to Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
 
 
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