"The typewriter, from its birth, has been tied to a set of assumptions about gender and skill. These assumptions persist to the present and color our cultural understanding of typists’ labor.
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“It looks complicated, but the men who designed it made it simple enough for a woman to use.” And many women did [.]"
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/
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Haul #7: Electric typewriter!
I picked up my first typewriter, a Brother ML-300 Electronic Typewriter with Display, right when it went public at University Surplus this morning. It had been mislabeled as a fax machine and I got a great deal on it, just $20.
Acquired: 2026-02-02.
Haul #7: Electric typewriter!
I picked up my first typewriter, a Brother ML-300 Electronic Typewriter with Display, right when it went public at University Surplus this morning. It had been mislabeled as a fax machine and I got a great deal on it, just $20.
Acquired: 2026-02-02.
