The paragraphs below are taken from the first Upjohn Company Personnel Manual, issued in 1946 by CEO Donald Gilmore. You'll notice it says that married men supporting families and women with no other means of support will have preference in hiring. Today we would consider that to be outrageous discrimination. Utterly unacceptable!!!!

 

Well people, times were very different 78 years ago. Caring companies like Upjohn wanted to make sure that everyone in their community could have a roof over their head and food on the table. The two highest-risk groups were kids and single women so the company priorized these as stated below. Today, the government and charities have taken over the job of making sure everyone can have a bed and food.