Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board

UltraViolet, a women’s rights group that has been asking Facebook to add women to its board, said its campaign “should have never been necessary.”

“We hope this is a first step for Facebook and in the coming months more women will be added to their board,” UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary said in a statement. “In addition, we hope that other companies with all-male boards, particularly those in the tech sector, will follow Facebook’s lead.”