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• catalog abstract ""In the mid-nineteenth century, women entered a challenging, competitive technological field - the telegraph industry. They competed directly with men, demanding and occasionally getting equal pay. Women telegraphers made up a subculture of technically educated workers whose skills, mobility, and independence set them apart from their contemporaries." "My Sisters Telegraphic is an accessible and fascinating study designed to fill in the missing history of women telegraph operators - their work, their daily lives, their workplace issue - by using nontraditional sources, including the telegraphers' trade journals, company records, and oral and written histories of the operators themselves. It includes an analysis of "telegraph romance," a largely forgotten genre of popular literature that grew up around the women operators and their work." "This study also explores the surprising parallels between the telegraphy of the nineteenth century and the work of women in technical fields today. The telegrapher's work, like that of the modern computer programmer, involved translating written language into machine-readable code. And anticipating the Internet by over one hundred years, telegraphers often experienced the gender-neutral aspect of the "cyberspace" they inhabited."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11831336.
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description ""In the mid-nineteenth century, women entered a challenging, competitive technological field - the telegraph industry. They competed directly with men, demanding and occasionally getting equal pay. Women telegraphers made up a subculture of technically educated workers whose skills, mobility, and independence set them apart from their contemporaries."".
• catalog description ""My Sisters Telegraphic is an accessible and fascinating study designed to fill in the missing history of women telegraph operators - their work, their daily lives, their workplace issue - by using nontraditional sources, including the telegraphers' trade journals, company records, and oral and written histories of the operators themselves. It includes an analysis of "telegraph romance," a largely forgotten genre of popular literature that grew up around the women operators and their work."".
• catalog description ""This study also explores the surprising parallels between the telegraphy of the nineteenth century and the work of women in technical fields today. The telegrapher's work, like that of the modern computer programmer, involved translating written language into machine-readable code. And anticipating the Internet by over one hundred years, telegraphers often experienced the gender-neutral aspect of the "cyberspace" they inhabited."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Women in the Telegraph Industry -- The Entry of Women into the Telegraph Industry in the United States -- Women Telegraphers in Canada and Europe -- Women and the Telegraph in the Non-European World -- Women in the Telegraph Industry in the Twentieth Century -- Daily Life in the Telegraph Office -- Life in the Depot Office -- Morse Keys and "Bugs" -- Life in the Commercial Office -- The Working Environment -- Working Hours -- Introduction of the Teletype -- Occupational Hazards -- Society and the Telegraph Operator -- Social Class -- Ethnicity -- Schooling -- Reasons for Entering the Workforce -- Demographic Composition of the Workforce -- Social Life -- Travel -- Religious, Social, and Civic Organizations -- Telegraphic Competitions -- Family and Marriage -- Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office -- The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in the United States and the Debate in the Telegrapher -- The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in Europe -- Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office in the United States in the 1870s -- Gendered Behavior in the Workplace -- Equal Pay -- Women as Business Entrepreneurs -- Office Politics: The Case of Lizzie Snow -- Sex and Morality in the Telegraph Office -- Women Telegraphers in Literature and Cinema -- Portrayal of Women Telegraphers in Literature -- Women Telegraphers in the Cinema -- Women Telegraphers and the Labor Movement -- The Telegraphers' Protective League and the Strike of 1870 -- Women and the Labor Movement in Europe -- The Brotherhood of Telegraphers and the Strike of 1883.".
• catalog extent "x, 231 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "My sisters telegraphic.".
• catalog identifier "0821413430".
• catalog identifier "0821413449 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "My sisters telegraphic.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,".
• catalog relation "My sisters telegraphic.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "331.4/813841/0973 21".
• catalog subject "HD6073.T252 U65 2000".
• catalog subject "Telegraphers United States History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Women in the Telegraph Industry -- The Entry of Women into the Telegraph Industry in the United States -- Women Telegraphers in Canada and Europe -- Women and the Telegraph in the Non-European World -- Women in the Telegraph Industry in the Twentieth Century -- Daily Life in the Telegraph Office -- Life in the Depot Office -- Morse Keys and "Bugs" -- Life in the Commercial Office -- The Working Environment -- Working Hours -- Introduction of the Teletype -- Occupational Hazards -- Society and the Telegraph Operator -- Social Class -- Ethnicity -- Schooling -- Reasons for Entering the Workforce -- Demographic Composition of the Workforce -- Social Life -- Travel -- Religious, Social, and Civic Organizations -- Telegraphic Competitions -- Family and Marriage -- Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office -- The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in the United States and the Debate in the Telegrapher -- The Entry of Women into Telegraphy in Europe -- Women's Issues in the Telegraph Office in the United States in the 1870s -- Gendered Behavior in the Workplace -- Equal Pay -- Women as Business Entrepreneurs -- Office Politics: The Case of Lizzie Snow -- Sex and Morality in the Telegraph Office -- Women Telegraphers in Literature and Cinema -- Portrayal of Women Telegraphers in Literature -- Women Telegraphers in the Cinema -- Women Telegraphers and the Labor Movement -- The Telegraphers' Protective League and the Strike of 1870 -- Women and the Labor Movement in Europe -- The Brotherhood of Telegraphers and the Strike of 1883.".
• catalog title "My sisters telegraphic : women in the telegraph office, 1846-1950 / Thomas C. Jepsen.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".