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Hello Central

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Author : Michèle Martin
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1991-08-06

Hello Central written by Michèle Martin and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-08-06 with History categories.

Drawing on the rich and unexplored Bell Canada archives in Montreal, Martin analyses the development of the telephone system in Canada, particularly in Ontario and Quebec, from 1878 to 1920. Bell Telephone originally envisaged the telephone as a business tool for a relatively small group of male professionals. The women who worked as operators -- an occupation which rapidly became a female ghetto -- played a key role in mediating the demands of telephone users and the limitations of the new technology. The many women who began to use the telephone for domestic, two-way communication eventually forced Bell Telephone to change its approach and ultimately transformed the telephone's social impact. Through a critical examination of the political and economic aspects of the development of telephone systems, Martin outlines changes in the nature of women's economic experience and in their participation in the community. She analyses the transformation of the telephone into a "public utility," stressing the ever-present economic incentives at the base of Bell Canada's decision making. She also examines the impact of this new technology on women and the labour process and on women's social and cultural practices. Her study not only provides an important understanding of a particular period but also insight into the effect of new communication technology on social structure.

Hello Central

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Author : Michèle Martin
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1991

Hello Central written by Michèle Martin and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Electronic books categories.

In most studies of technological development, women are portrayed as passive victims of new technology. In contrast, in "Hello, Central?" Michèle Martin reveals the significant impact women had on the development of telephone systems.

Hello Central Get Me Heaven

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Author : Burke Forrest
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

Hello Central Get Me Heaven written by Burke Forrest and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Spiritualists categories.

Hello Central Give Me Heaven

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911

Hello Central Give Me Heaven written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Religious poetry categories.

The Women Who Got America Talking

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Author : Kerry Segrave
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-08-11

The Women Who Got America Talking written by Kerry Segrave and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-11 with History categories.

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 calmer, had reassuring voices and rarely talked back. Within a few years, telephone operators were all female and would remain so. The pay was low and working conditions harsh. The job often impaired their health, as they suffered abuse from subscribers in silence under pain of dismissal. Discipline was stern--dress codes were mandated, although they were never seen by the public. Most were young, domestic and anything but militant. Yet many joined unions and walked picket lines in response to the severely capitalistic, sexist system they worked under.

Hello Central

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Author : Violet Rhea Purcell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984*

Hello Central written by Violet Rhea Purcell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984* with Clinton (Tenn.) categories.

The Electrical Trade

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

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Grip

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

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The Hello Girls

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Author : Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-06

The Hello Girls written by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with History categories.

In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France at General Pershing’s explicit request. They were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard. While suffragettes picketed the White House and President Wilson struggled to persuade a segregationist Congress to give women of all races the vote, these courageous young women swore the army oath and settled into their new roles. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges they faced in a war zone where male soldiers wooed, mocked, and ultimately celebrated them. The army discharged the last Hello Girls in 1920, the year Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment. When they sailed home, they were unexpectedly dismissed without veterans’ benefits and began a sixty-year battle that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979. “What an eye-opener! Cobbs unearths the original letters and diaries of these forgotten heroines and weaves them into a fascinating narrative with energy and zest.” —Cokie Roberts, author of Capital Dames “This engaging history crackles with admiration for the women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the First World War, becoming the country’s first female soldiers.” —New Yorker “Utterly delightful... Cobbs very adroitly weaves the story of the Signal Corps into that larger story of American women fighting for the right to vote, but it’s the warm, fascinating job she does bringing her cast...to life that gives this book its memorable charisma... This terrific book pays them a long-warranted tribute.” —Christian Science Monitor “Cobbs is particularly good at spotlighting how closely the service of military women like the Hello Girls was tied to the success of the suffrage movement.” —NPR

Black And White

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893

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