My sisters telegraphic : women in the telegraph office, 1846-1950 /

"In the mid-nineteenth century, women entered a challenging, competitive technological field - the telegraph industry. They competed directly with men, demanding and occasionally getting equal pay. Women telegraphers made up a subculture of technically educated workers whose skills, mobility, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jepsen, Thomas C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Telegraphers > United States > History.
Télégraphistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Télégraphistes > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Telegraphers.
Telegrafie.
Vrouwenarbeid.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women in the Telegraph Industry
  • The Entry of Women into the Telegraph Industry in the United States
  • Women Telegraphers in Canada and Europe
  • Women and the Telegraph in the Non-European World
  • Women in the Telegraph Industry in the Twentieth Century
  • Daily Life in the Telegraph Office
  • Life in the Depot Office
  • Morse Keys and "Bugs"
  • Life in the Commercial Office
  • The Working Environment
  • Working Hours
  • Introduction of the Teletype
  • Occupational Hazards
  • Society and the Telegraph Operator
  • Social Class
  • Ethnicity
  • Schooling
  • Reasons for Entering the Workforce
  • Demographic Composition of the Workforce
  • Social Life
  • Travel
  • Religious, Social, and Civic Organizations
  • Telegraphic Competitions
  • Family and Marriage
  • Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office
  • The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in the United States and the Debate in the Telegrapher
  • The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in Europe
  • Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office in the United States in the 1870s
  • Gendered Behavior in the Workplace
  • Equal Pay
  • Women as Business Entrepreneurs
  • Office Politics: The Case of Lizzie Snow
  • Sex and Morality in the Telegraph Office
  • Women Telegraphers in Literature and Cinema
  • Portrayal of Women Telegraphers in Literature
  • Women Telegraphers in the Cinema
  • Women Telegraphers and the Labor Movement
  • The Telegraphers' Protective League and the Strike of 1870
  • Women and the Labor Movement in Europe
  • The Brotherhood of Telegraphers and the Strike of 1883.

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