He hired a woman named Emma Nutt away from her job at a telegraph office, and on this day, Sept. 1, in 1878, she became the ...

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 ...

This column was originally published on Nov. 7, 1993. The little group was made up of what you could call mature citizens, of which I was one, and we were talking about how things used to be. A woman ...