[GreenKeys] Old Teletype ad (was Teletype add 1922 nov.)

[drlegendre]

My comment was directed more at their use of "Young girls" to describe
trained & skilled *young women* at their work.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2018, 08:00 Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> On 09-Jun-18 07:15, drlegendre wrote:
>
> "Young girls are relieving Morse oprators.."
>
> Wow, talk about another time. How much more cultural sexism could you cram
> into six words? Lol.
>
>
> Actually, there were many women who were Morse operators.
>
> Some of the male Morse operators were afraid that they might loose their
> jobs if the women were paid less,  so the men fought for equal pay for male
> & female Morse operators.
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018, 20:35 Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Here is one of my favorite Teletype ads, from 1928.
>>
>> Not only does it give the slogan "Makes Telegraphers of Typists", but it
>> also shows the connection between the Kleinschmidt Electric and the
>> Morkrum companies (who merged together in Dec. 1924) and that they were
>> using the "Teletype" logo.
>>
>> (About the time that this ad appeared, the "Morkrum-Kleinschmidt
>> Corporation" simplified their name to be the "Teletype Corporation".)
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>> Duncan
>> K2OEQ
>>
>>
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