Damyanti Gupta is an Indian-origin technology expert who is celebrated for becoming the first degreed female engineer, with a Masters in engineering, ever hired by Ford in 1967.
At 25 years of age she approached Motor City in Detroit with the confidence and certainly expertise of an engineer. Gupta was rejected initially and met with disapproval and confusion by a member of the HR team who informed her they had “no females [there].” She stood her...