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asiliveandbreathe

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18. You are so right..although, I'm not complaining..was a great PT job, still in HS, 17 years old,

Sun Sep 1, 2019, 12:39 PM

Sep 2019

bought a car, went FT, and never looked back..held many jobs, from dial bureau (assigning telephone numbers to orders, new, change etc etc..to dispatcher of installers 1967, we had one woman, in a sea of men, who was a line assigner, cable and pair for tel. connection, installers used this info at time of install..1972 I came back to work in the business office, the primo job at the time....lot's of history, lots of promos when women were seen as more than an operator..a long journey that I look back on with fond memories...

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Happy Emma Nutt Day! The world's first female telephone operator starts her new job 141 yrs ago [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 OP

Thanks for posting. I didn't know this history. bobbieinok Sep 2019 #1

Neither did I... Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #2

What horrible parents--their last name is Hogg, so they name daughter Ima bobbieinok Sep 2019 #6

Impressive, beautiful, completely mis-named! Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #11

Here's a Bell System film about early operators. The intro talks about Nutt. PSPS Sep 2019 #3

Thanks!! Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #4

ATT - not my ATT..we had values, and mission statements, loyalty from company.. asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #12

Like when Verizon bought NYNEX (previously NY Telephone) Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #13

Yes, bifurcation 1983, divestiture 1984 - I went with the Mothership ATT, we had a choice.. asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #16

My wife's great aunt was a telephone operator in those days, until she retired in the 'fifties. hunter Sep 2019 #21

Thanks for posting Dennis! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #5

Granted, the numbers were 2-4 digits back then 😉 Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #8

So much history..thanks for a walk down memory lane..I wanted to know if there are still asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #17

I'm guessing "party lines" are also a thing of the past... Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #19

Good question..party line requests, it was cheaper..but we had to tell customers asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #20

My great grandma's house had a wooden phone on the wall with a hand crank. hunter Sep 2019 #22

A pic at link shows the long bank of positions from 1943..I worked at one in 1964 (still in HS) asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #7

God forbid the godless commies mis-direct your call to Emma Goldman! Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #10

That was one of the funniest skits..for sure "one-ringy-dingy" asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #15

So even back then they knew to keep young males away from social media. flor-de-jasmim Sep 2019 #9

Great story, thanks! Interesting, funny, infuriating Hortensis Sep 2019 #14

You are so right..although, I'm not complaining..was a great PT job, still in HS, 17 years old, asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #18

:) I've been enjoying your look back into that era. Hortensis Sep 2019 #25

I was briefly a telephone operator at Southern Bell in the late '60s. Vinca Sep 2019 #23

Was LBJ on the other end? Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #26

LOL - I don't think so. I don't remember the other party. Nut sacks I'd remember. Vinca Sep 2019 #28

My grandmother was a telephone operator for Bell LittleWoman Sep 2019 #24

Your story of your grandmother, as an operator who had to sleep at the exchange asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #29

interesting post AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #27

Last night on Johnny Carson rerun, he mentioned her in his monologue. GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2019 #30