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Married men should never hire blonde stenographers…

by on May 24, 2023

I’ve been documenting people’s attitudes about female typists for some time — see here — but this is just about the most sexist article I’ve read on the subject:

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), September 25, 1905 —

© 2023, Mark Adams. All rights reserved.

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