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The truth about typewriting

by on December 23, 2019

In “The Truth About Typewriting,” a female typist contests the oft-held view that working women were merely pretty faces (published in The Shorthand Review, September 1893) —

© 2019, Mark Adams. All rights reserved.

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  • Bill M December 24, 2019, 12:22 pm

    Interesting article. somehow I think some of those views still exist today, only not with a typewriter girl.

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