Kilmer House

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