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Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 Book

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  • Race on the Line: Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980
  • Written by author Venus Green
  • Published by Duke University Press, January 2001
  • Race on the Line is the first book to address the convergence of race, gender, and technology in the telephone industry. Venus Green--a former Bell System employee and current labor historian--presents a hundred-year history of telephone operators
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction1
Pt. 1The Beginnings of Telephony
1"Hello Central": The Beginning of a New Industry11
2"Hello Girls": The Making of the Voice with a Smile53
3The "Ladies" Rebel: Unions and Resistance89
Pt. 2The Dial Era, 1920-1960
4"Goodbye Central": Automating Telephone Service115
5The Bell System Family: The Formation of Employee Associations137
6The Dial Era159
Pt. 3The Computer Era
7Racial Integration and the Demise of the "White Lady" Image195
8Black Operators in the Computer Age227
Epilogue258
Notes265
Selected Bibliography339
Index351


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