Phone operator

Did you know Emma M Nutt was the first woman to work as a phone operator? Read more about her historic job here

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Remember *69? I can't believe that existed.

My Gramma had a phone that looked like this. You didn't dial at all. An operator said what number please and connected you to the # you wanted.

Following the invention of the telephone in 1876, the first telephones were rented in pairs which were limited to conversation between the p...

Following the invention of the telephone in 1876, the first telephones were rented in pairs which were limited to conversation between the parties operating those two instruments. The use of a central exchange was soon found to be even more advantageous than in telegraphy. In January 1878 the Boston Telephone Dispatch company had started hiring boys as telephone operators. Boys had been very successful as telegraphy operators, but their attitude, lack of patience, and behavior was…