1941 Hudson Commodore

The Story

Hudson Motor Company was among the first automotive companies to employ women designers full-time. They wanted a woman to contribute a female point of view to automotive design and they hired Betty Thatcher as the first female American automotive designer in 1939.

Back in the 1930s, Hudson Motor Company was a powerful automotive company known for its well-done and classy cars. Hudson also had its hands in commercial vehicles under other brand names, building trucks and machines for industry. Its success in the consumer market, however, was its greatest strength with vehicles like the Hudson Commodore setting the bar.