reading meters
I've been writing on work/gender stuff this summer, so this City Pages pic of the Minneapolis Meter Readers of 1918 caught my eye. Speaking of meters, the originals are still syncopating -- and working steady since about 1918 as well.
posted by christopher uggen @ 11:46 PM
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That is fascinating. Why do you suppose that meter reading was coded as a female job? I can't really see walking around every sort of neighbourhood on your own to be ladies' work in a 1918 world.
Very interesting (creative) post! Twenty odd years ago women reading meters in Guelph were known as Meter Maids. Men now drive around in cars checking the meters.
Thanks, Tina and Francesca -- it really caught my eye too. I mean, this was the Wilson administration, so I can't suss out what the job was really like at the time. But they sure had some badass uniforms...
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