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Level of description
Item
Title
D165337-2
Date(s)
- 1974-10-18 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Judy Maida tests a phone line while securely strapped to a telephone pole by her lineman's belt in October of 1974. Ms. Maida was employed by Pacific Northwest Bell. By the 1970s, telephone companies began to hire women as linemen. Women were given the opportunity to move out of the business office to good paying outdoor jobs. Ms. Maida retired from Qwest in 1995. Photograph ordered by Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle. (Additional information provided by a reader)
Maida, Judy; Utility poles; Linemen;