Today is the day we celebrate Emma M. Nutt Day. On September 1, 1878, Emma started work at the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company and became the Worlds first telephone operator. She was paid $10.00 a month (Yes. $10.00 is right) for a 54 hour week.
Emma's sister Stella Nutt came into work a few hours later to become the worlds 2nd telephone operator.
In those days, you had to be single, between the ages of 17 and 26 and you had to have arms long enough to reach the top of the telephone switchboard, which was quite tall.
While Emma was the worlds first telephone operator, the most famous telephone operator, of course, was Ernestine.
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