"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.
[...]
“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/
#essay #writing #typewriter #literature #books #WomensHistory #history
Reminds me of Thoreau's book Walden, his "experiment" of "living in natural surroundings".
"Thoreau could stroll from his cabin to his family home, in Concord, in twenty minutes, about as long as it takes to walk the fifteen blocks from Carnegie Hall to Grand Central Terminal. He made that walk several times a week, lured by his mother’s cookies or the chance to dine with friends."
I was thinking, if I ever wrote a book about the role of women in so many men's success stories, I'd call it:
"Cookies for Thoreau".
@stefan Thoreau really was the first "I took a break from my suite life and LIVED a WEEK as HOMELESS and this is my experience!" youtuber, wasn't he...
Can't find much from the actual scene in the show, but John Mulaney kinda nails Thoreau's pathetic "excursion" in the show Dickinson
@countablenewt Ha, yes, loved that episode!
