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Johnson & Johnson opened its first international operating company in Canada in 1919, followed by one in the United Kingdom in 1924.  Our decentralized global expansion continued, and today the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies is made up of more than 250 operating companies in 60 countries.  A Johnson & Johnson employee traveling around the world today would see a Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies presence across the globe.  But what if a Johnson & Johnson employee decided to go around the world back in 1908?  He or she would still see a Johnson & Johnson prese

Women have been important to Johnson & Johnson since our founding in 1886.  They have been employees, customers and generators of ideas for some of our most famous products. (Such as JOHNSON’S® Baby Powder and mass produced sanitary protection products, in case you’re wondering!)  But here’s something you may not know:  more than half – in fact, eight -- of our original 14 employees were women, and they rolled up their sleeves and worked alongside our founders to set up the new company and make our first products.  In honor of International Women’s Day this week, let’s meet our first eight