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Sandberg, Mrs. S. E., 67
Sandy, Utah, railroad depot, 76
San Francisco, Calif.: city department, 21:
telegraph office, 68; Western Union office,
168–69
San Francisco Chronicle, 168
Santa Barbara, Calif., telegraph office, 68
Saunders, May, 67
Savannah, Georgia, railroad depot, 35
Scandinavian countries, women operators
in, 9
Schneiderman, Rose, 171
Schofield, Josie, 12, 128, 130–32
Scott, Randolph, 143
Scribner’s Magazine, 29
Seid, Carrie Pearl, 14
Sellew, Isabella, 45
“separate spheres” ideology, 71, 78
sex and morality in the telegraph office,
112–16
Shanks, William, 63
Sheldon, Mrs., 4
Shepherd, Helen Miller Gould. See Gould,
Helen
Siam (Thailand), women operators excluded
from service in, 9
Siemens Brothers, 9
“sign,” operator’s, 24
sliding scale, 63, 156, 167
Small, Samuel J., 166, 179
Smith, John A., 21
Smith, Lewis H., 27, 82, 89–90, 96
Smith, Minerva C., 67
Smith, M. L., 108
Smith, Ola Delight, 56, 69–70, 112, 181–82
Snow, Lydia H. (Lizzie), 28, 39, 45, 66, 74,
108–11, 116, 153–54
software programmer/analyst, 2
South America, women operators in, 10
South Australia, women operators in, 9
Southern Pacific Railroad, 15, 76
Southern Telegraph Company, 159
“Spark” (telegraph operator), 82, 86–87
Speed, John J., 4
Spottswood, Charles C., 7, 48
Springer, Miss, 62
Springfield, Mass., telegraph office, 21–22
Stanton, Edwin, 109
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 171
Stanton, Emma, 151
States-General (Sweden), 51
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Stephenson, K. B., 71
Stephenson, Kitty, 67
Stewart, A. T., 94
Stewart, Ethelbert, 169
Stillwell, Mary, 40
Stokes, Rose Pastor, 171–73, 187
Storting (Norwegian parliament), 106, 164
Stover, J. W., 71, 91–96
strike, 1907, 166–81; background, 166;
CTUA and WTUL, 170; effect on
women, 180; end of strike, 180; letter to
Helen Gould, 176; media coverage, 175;
women strike leaders, 173–75
strikes: Austria 1919, 183; Great Britain
1871, 155–56; U.S.: 1870, 151–54; 1883,
156–63; 1907, 166–81 (see also strike,
1907); 1919, 182–83; 1946, 186; 1948,
186
suffrage, women’s, and relation to telegraphers,
163–64
Sullivan, Lillian, 176
Sunbury, Pa., telegraph office, 14
Sunnidale, Mildred, 12, 128–33
“Susannah” (telegraph operator), 82
Svenson, Hilda, 171, 175, 181
Swan, Minnie, 25, 38, 119, 132, 160–61
“S. W. D.” (telegraph manager), 88, 103
Sweet, Blanche, 140
Switzerland, women operators in, 9
Syracuse, N.Y.: New York Central depot,
112–13; telegraph office, 25
“T.A.” (telegraph operator), 85–87, 97
Talmadge, Mrs. Cora, 170
Tasmania, women operators in, 9
Telegrafbladet, 106
Telegraffunksjonaerenes Landsforening
(Norwegian Telegraphers Union), 164
telegrams, types of, 13
Telegraph Age, 67, 69, 136, 199
telegraph age, closing of, 193
Telegrapher, 27–28, 31, 46, 66–67, 73–74,
82–97, 99, 101–4, 107–8, 110–11, 116,
128, 132, 136–37, 149, 152–54, 198–99
telegraphers: schooling, 43; social class,
38–41; social life, 65–67; training, 49;
travel, 67
telegraphers, demographics: age of women in
telegraphic work force, 60; composition
of the work force, 52; other parts of the
world, 59; railroad operators, 54; regional,