Emma Nutt (July 1860 â 1915) became the world’s first female telephone operator on September 1, 1878, when she started working for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch Company (or the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Ms. Nutt was hired by Alexander Graham Bell and often worked 54-hour weeks for just $10 a month. Her career spanned over three decades.
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