The young ladies of the telephones: a view of a Parisian telephone exchange
Paris, France
National Library of France
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1904
Anonymous
LB-MAT 4
The French telephone network was not automated at the beginning of the 20th century. Young unmarried women were often employed to take paying members' calls, and connect them to their requested number.
LB-MAT 4
"The young ladies of the telephones: a view of a Parisian telephone exchange" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;34;en
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: FR 034
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