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The genius of the Nineteenth Century gave to the women of the Twentieth THE TYPEWRITER

by on August 31, 2022

I maintain an index of source material relating to women and the typewriter (click here), but here is an editorial entitled “Women and the Typewriter,” that is worth reading in the 21st century.

The Typewriter and Phonographic World (New York), September 1901 –

© 2022, Mark Adams. All rights reserved.

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Also at Type-Writer.org:

  1. Bill to prohibit women from typing (1911) The Phonographic World and Commercial School Review (New York), April 1911 – Rep. George W. Shultz also introduced a bill to ban women from driving...
  2. Two plucky women stenographers (1888) Not only did women take jobs typing, but many purchased their own machines to enter the field. Cosmopolitan Shorthander (Toronto), January 1888 – © 2022...
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