Willa Wright, Stenographer for Writer and Reporter Edgar White, Hudson, Missouri, circa 1910
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Artifact Overview
By 1900, women made up more than a third of clerical workers. For women, there were few professional job opportunities, outside of nursing and teaching, so literate women often turned to office work. In the early 1900s, Willa Wright worked as a stenographer for Edgar White, a newspaper and magazine writer in Hudson, Missouri. Later, she became a clerk in a Chicago brokerage office.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Subject Date
circa 1910
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.62.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mechele Peters.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.375 in
Inscriptions
Handwritten in ink on back of card:
Willa- Taken / when she / worked @ / Edgar Whites a magazine / writer her / 1st place of work. / Thought "Bill Jr" / would want one / of Aunt W.A.W.
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