Emma Nutt
Emma Nutt | |
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| Born | July 1860 |
| Died | 1915 (aged 54–55) |
| Occupation | Telephone operator |
| Known for | World's first female telephone operator |
| Notes | |
In 1900, Emma, her parents, her sister Stella, and Stella's husband, William G Evart, and 10-year-old son, Arthur C Evart, were living together in Chelsea, Massachusetts | |
Emma Nutt (July 1860 – 1915) became the world's first female telephone operator on September 1, 1878, when she started working for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch [sic] Company (or the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.