Oooh, how much I love this topic! I know yo has already found some stuff on the “Damsels of Design”, but I found something else related to them. It’s truly fascinating stuff! http://www.carofthecentury.com/designing_women.htm
After reading some of the snippets of these old articles from way back then, GM was so progressive with regards to how they viewed a woman’s contribution to design; even if the contribution was more interiors: along the lines of color, textiles, etc… versus actual form, though it seems a few women were actually involved in hard-core ID as well.
But nonetheless, still ahead of its time.