Thursday, September 25, 2014
"Hello Girls" .... Women's Employment and Service via the Telephone
Women's employment opportunities were often bleak historically. If they were fortunate enough to marry into higher ranking social circles, they were cared for by their husbands, much as their fathers did prior. But what about those who were not socially elevated on that ladder? Or the ones who were widowed and orphaned? One area of employment became their Lot in factories. Often within sewing factories were hundreds of women sweated their labor for 12 hours a day.
Then came the invention of the Telephone. Though in it's origin, telephone operators were male, this first pictures depicts two women, Emma and Stella Nutt, working alongside boys and men in Boston. It was found out over time, the males were not as kind, nor dependable. They were brusk which led to many complaints from people who relied on them to transfer their calls to the appropriate parties.
But it did not take long for their employment to look like this:
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