Throughout most of history, employment opportunities for women were limited. But by the nineteenth century, advances in education and technology were creating new professions for “ladies”—some of which have since disappeared, some of which are today common, and at least one that remains a highly specialized field. “Telegraph Ladies” By Steve Bartholomew The nineteenth… Read More »An Unusual Job for a Woman: A Look at Three Job Opportunities in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries