Gum vs. the Typewriter

Also at Type-Writer.org:

1. “The Type-Writer’s Revenge” From the Illustrated Phonographic World, October 1895, a “type-writer” joke. The morals of these jokes sometimes elude me. Indexed at Women and the typewriter at...
2. A battle of the presses Contents Seperate and unequal In the late 19th century, men and women swarmed the ranks of stenography, but on unequal terms. Generally, women were paid...