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240 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781476669045
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Publication date: 24 August 2017
Description
When the need for telephone operators arose in the 1870s, the assumption was that they should all be male. Wages for adult men were too high, so boys were hired. They proved quick to argue with the subscribers, so females replaced them. Women were...
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240 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781476669045
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Publication date: 24 August 2017
Description
When the need for telephone operators arose in the 1870s, the assumption was that they should all be male. Wages for adult men were too high, so boys were hired. They proved quick to argue with the subscribers, so females replaced them. Women were...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings