1970
- Barbara Boyle becomes IBM's first program manager for women's programs.
- Women join the IBM Executive Resources Program for the first time.
- Anne Rawson becomes IBM's first female branch manager.
- Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, who would later become IBM's second female vice president, is the first woman to participate in the White House Fellow Program.
- Lynn McDonough - Australia's first Educational Service Representative (ESR).
- Betty Golsteon is the first woman to earn an Engineering degree from San Jose State and works as the only female engineer in San Jose.
- Janice Lourie is the first IBMer to receive Plateau Invention.
1971
Patricia Harris joins the IBM Board of Directors. She is the first black woman to serve on the Board.
- Peggy Givens is promoted to manager in manufacturing on a non-preferred shift becoming the first woman to do so.
- Libby Wareham is promoted to manager at the Dayton/Princeton site becoming the first woman site manager.
1972
- IBMs first international opinion survey was conducted by Gillian Purcer-Smith of World Trade Headquarters.
1974
- Dorris Isaacs of IBM's Los Angeles office becomes the company's first black female systems engineering manager.
- Cindy Olivett joins IBM East Fishkill Patent Drafting department. One of 20 patent drafters in IBM's United States operations, she is the first women to hold that position.
1976
- IBM's Dr. Irene Greif is the first woman to earn a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- IBM became an official SWE corporate member.
1977
Office personnel with an IBM System/34 data processing system in 1977.
1978
An IBM General Systems Division marketing rep calls on one of her customers in New Jersey in 1978.