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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

PRESIDENTS OF WAR:
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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 10 Nov 2013

    This is from an ad touting coast-to-coast direct-dial long-distance telephone US service, which began today 1951:pic.twitter.com/B1zjjaEmXt

    9:21 AM - 10 Nov 2013
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      2. Kay Gardiner 🗽‏ @KayGardiner 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        "Nimble-fingered girls." MT @BeschlossDC: ad touting long-distance telephone US service.pic.twitter.com/UzfV9w6c1Y

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Knitted Wit‏ @KnittedWit 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @KayGardiner

        @KayGardiner kids would call her up looking for their parents and she'd plug them into to who's ever house they we're visiting

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Deborah Robson‏ @effortlesszone 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @KnittedWit

        @KnittedWit @KayGardiner I love that switchboard operators worked better than modern tech at figuring out where kids were.

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      5. Kay Gardiner 🗽‏ @KayGardiner 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @effortlesszone

        @effortlesszone @KnittedWit I remember it as a high prestige job. My childhood best friend's mom returned to it when we were in high school.

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      6. Deborah Robson‏ @effortlesszone 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @KayGardiner

        @KayGardiner @KnittedWit Switchboard *was* high-prestige. It beat most of the era's alternatives for women.

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      1. Babyboomerography‏ @RobsRamblins 10 Nov 2013
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        .@BeschlossDC Finally a modern mile-stone that started before I was born! #NimbleFingeredGirls

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      1. Tarique Alizad‏ @T_Alizad 12 Nov 2013
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        @BeschlossDC Love this since I am in the telecom business. Reminds me of toll booths. Technology and automation got rid of these functions.

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      1. jeannine mead‏ @jeannine3161 11 Nov 2013
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        @BeschlossDC And I remember when you had to go through an operator and it cost a small fortune. It seemed at the time anyway.

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      1. Dirigo1820‏ @Dirigo1820 10 Nov 2013
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        @BeschlossDC "One ringy dingy... two ringy dingies... Oh! A gracious good afternoon. Is this the party to whom I am speaking?"

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      1. Marc Hoover‏ @MarcHoover1 10 Nov 2013
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        @BeschlossDC That looks almost (but not quite) as sophisticated as the Obamacare website!

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      1. kturet‏ @kturet 10 Nov 2013
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        A phone call in 2013 sounds worse than it did then. That's progress! @BeschlossDC Coast-to-coast direct-dial phone service began today 1951.

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      1. jillharris‏ @jillharris 10 Nov 2013
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        “@BeschlossDC: an ad touting coast-to-coast direct-dial long-distance telephone US service, 1951: pic.twitter.com/XcMdQZfD34”//tech shift micro

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      1. X Communicator‏ @XCommunicator 10 Nov 2013
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        @BeschlossDC love the arcane caption underneath pic. You go girlz!!!

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