Green Race on the Line

Gender, Labor, and Technology in the Bell System, 1880–1980
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8310-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Venus

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Ackowledgments

Introduction

Part I: 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

Part 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

Part 3: The Computer Era

7. Racial Integration and the Demise of the “White Lady” Image

8. Black Operators in the Computer Age

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Venus Green is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the City College of New York. From 1974–1990, she was employed by New York Telephone Company as a switching equipment technician.