In Gretchen Berg’s debut novel, "The Operator," a gossip-hungry telephone switchboard operator in 1950s Ohio listens in on calls.(William Morrow) In Gretchen Berg’s debut novel, The Operator ...

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Before dawn on March 9, 1916, the Mexican revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa raided the village of Columbus, New Mexico. Many businesses were burned and 18 U.S. citizens were killed.

For the switchboard operators, the job of connecting people with cords and plugs could be demanding and the hours, long. Today, the switchboard operator is a memory, a photograph in a museum.

Women dominated the switchboard operator field in the early 20th century, growing from 88,000 in the U.S. in 1910 to 235,500 by 1930.

Until the 1970s, a switchboard operators' assistance was often needed for person-to-person, collect calls or to report a crime. And at a recent reunion in Maine, some former operators shared a few ...

Although employed to act as switchboard operator, Joan has since become proficient enough to take calls from Goodwill patrons who wish to make donations. For a blind person living in a seeing ...

Nationally, the average salary for switchboard operators-receptionists is $13,999, the bureau reports. In Chicago, the average is $14,664.