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On this day in 1878, a woman named Emma Nutt reported to work at the Edwin Holmes telephone dispatch company in Boston, Massachusetts, and in doing so, she became the first female telephone operator. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator - September 1st, 1878

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Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator - September 1st, 1878

Emma Nutt becomes the first female telephone operator - September 1st, 1878