One of the First Female Telegraphers for the Pennsylvania Railroad was from Lewistown, Pennsylvania

The first military telegraph exchange of the Civil War was handled by a Lewistown, Pennsylvania, woman who worked as a telegrapher encompassing a forty-five-year career.

July 24, 2026 by Terry Diener | Additional Credits: Women & The American Story: New York Historical Society Museum and Library [2] "A Look Into the Future”: Women Railroad Telegrapheers and Station Agents in Pennsylvania, 1855-1960 Thomas C. Jepsen National Coalition of Independent Scholars Photo Sketch: The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) May 07, 1900 ·Page 04