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The role of the telegraph operator in the mid-nineteenth century was like that of today’s software programmer/analyst, according to independent scholar Tom Jepsen, who notes that in the “cyberspace” of long ago, male operators were often surprised to learn that the “first-class man” on the other end of the wire was a woman.

My Sisters Telegraphic Women in the Telegraph

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      Publisher: MJ - Ohio University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780821413432, 978-0821413432
      ISBN10: 0821413430

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      Book Synopsis
      The role of the telegraph operator in the mid-nineteenth century was like that of today’s software programmer/analyst, according to independent scholar Tom Jepsen, who notes that in the “cyberspace” of long ago, male operators were often surprised to learn that the “first-class man” on the other end of the wire was a woman.

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