The “Lady Typist” vs. the “Hired Girl”

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. 1886: Paradise modified Despite efforts to organize, stenographers and typists faced a volatile labor market in the late 1800s. One stenographer commented, “Denver from 1879 to 1881 was...