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I enjoyed the article by Virginia Penny, A New Employment for Women. I thought it was quite interesting to see the advantages listed of using women as operators. I also was interested to see that some of the women commanded equal wages to men in this field, showing that there wasn't a glass ceiling in that profession. In response to Erin's comment on men not having patience, I would disagree, seeing as working in factories at that time was far more boring than connecting phones and writing messages, seeing as each message was at least different, and took more focus to make sure your hand was not crushed in machinery. -Brian Brown | I enjoyed the article by Virginia Penny, A New Employment for Women. I thought it was quite interesting to see the advantages listed of using women as operators. I also was interested to see that some of the women commanded equal wages to men in this field, showing that there wasn't a glass ceiling in that profession. In response to Erin's comment on men not having patience, I would disagree, seeing as working in factories at that time was far more boring than connecting phones and writing messages, seeing as each message was at least different, and took more focus to make sure your hand was not crushed in machinery. -Brian Brown | ||
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| + | One thing I noticed was that as the technology became more and more complicated, so did the coorespdonding operating jobs. Virginia Penny describes a job as telegraph operator in which it seems only patience and politeness is necessary. However in the clippings from the telephone review, it says "the standard of eligibility must be high" and goes on to mention that the person must be much above the average young woman, excluding those that are mentally or physically unfit. After the invention of the telephone, it seems being an operator became more scientific and tool more skill. -Karen Siegmund | ||
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