TIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.
TIL the first telephone switchboard operators were boys, but their "rude and abusive" behavior led them to be replaced by young women.
www.pbs.org The Telephone | American Experience | PBS
The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as...
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