Kate Leary, World War II WAVES Volunteer
This file appears in: Working Women at 3M
Kay Leary, a member of the tape stock department, was the first 3M woman to join the WAVES. She was soon followed by many of her sister workers into the WACS, WAVES, and other female support branches of the Armed Forces.
This file appears in: Working Women at 3M
Working Women at 3M
Women at Work
Women have worked at 3M since its early years and have played ever more varied and diversified roles.
In 1916, the year the company made its first profits and began to pay dividends on its stock, there were only a handful of female…