Before the days of automatic dial telephones woman telephone operators who manually operated switchboards often went on strike for higher wages, better hours and better working conditions. When they ...

Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

ALBANY — Less than two miles behind the front lines during World War I, some American women telephone operators sat at switchboards that shook severely from the sounds of the big guns they could hear ...

Carmen "Connie" Schindelholz has connected with people for over a hundred years, and she's celebrating a major milestone on ...