Race on the Line : Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 /

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A labor history of women workers in the early years of the telephone industry.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, Venus (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Murray Hill <NJ> / Bell Laboratories.
Bell Laboratories
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
AT & T (Firm)
American Telephone and Telegraph Company > Personnel > Histoire.
AT & T (Firm) > Employees > History.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Sekseverschillen.
Rassen (mens)
Werknemers.
Telefonie.
Telefonistin
Rassenfrage
Arbeitsbedingungen
Geschlechtsunterschied
Telephone operators.
Employees.
African American women > Employment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Noires americaines > Travail > Histoire.
Telephonistes > États-Unis > Histoire.
African American women > Employment > History.
Telephone operators > United States > History.
Murray Hill, NJ
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The Beginnings of Telephony
  • 1. "Hello Central": The Beginning of a New Industry
  • 2. "Hello Girls": The Making of the Voice with a Smile
  • 3. The "Ladies" Rebel: Unions and Resistance
  • pt. 2. The Dial Era, 1920-1960
  • 4. "Goodbye Central": Automating Telephone Service
  • 5. The Bell System Family: The Formation of Employee Associations
  • 6. The Dial Era
  • pt. 3. The Computer Era
  • 7. Racial Integration and the Demise of the "White Lady" Image
  • 8. Black Operators in the Computer Age.

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