Race on the line : gender, labor, and technology in the Bell System, 1880-1980 / Venus Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Venus.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AT & T--Employees--History.

AT & T.

Telephone operators--United States--History.

Telephone operators.

African American women--Employment--History.

African American women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A labor history of women workers in the early years of the telephone industry.

Contents:

Pt. 1. The Beginnings of Telephony

1. "Hello Central": The Beginning of a New Industry

2. "Hello Girls": The Making of the Voice with a Smile

3. The "Ladies" Rebel: Unions and Resistance

Pt. 2. The Dial Era, 1920-1960

4. "Goodbye Central": Automating Telephone Service

5. The Bell System Family: The Formation of Employee Associations

6. The Dial Era

Pt. 3. The Computer Era

7. Racial Integration and the Demise of the "White Lady" Image

8. Black Operators in the Computer Age.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-350) and index.

ISBN:

9786613063052

9781283063050

1283063050

9780822383109

0822383101

OCLC:

213455203