Feminisation of the Labour Process in the Communication Industry: The Case of the Telephone Operators, 1876-1904

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Title
Feminisation of the Labour Process in the Communication Industry: The Case of the Telephone Operators, 1876-1904
Abstract
Examines how the occupation of telephone operator in Montreal and Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century came to be "a female job ghetto". The author quotes examples of several English-speaking Montreal operators.
Publication
Labour/Le Travail
Volume
Vol. 22
Pages
139-162
Date
Fall 1988
Language
en
Citation
Martin, Michèle. “Feminisation of the Labour Process in the Communication Industry: The Case of the Telephone Operators, 1876-1904.” Labour/Le Travail Vol. 22 (Fall 1988): 139–162.
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