Okay, this must be the most bad-ass typist ever. Her name is Lenore Fention. The deadpan ending of this made me laugh out loud. (This is from a 1943 U.S. Navy training video.)pic.twitter.com/FH5yZROa4g
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Also, if this means she was able to type quickly on QWERTY *and* Dvorak, my lord… hats off. Best. Typist. Ever.
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I created a Wikipedia page for Lenore to give her some credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_Fenton_MacClain … (which feels great to do also in part because the typewriting world is so filled with testosterone).
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Holding Lenore Fenton’s book in my hand! (Will scan and upload to Internet Archive soon.)pic.twitter.com/YlDSX1fApf – at San Francisco Public Library - Main Library
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Oh, yessss, someone recently digitized the fourth part of the instructional movie; this one shows Lenore Fenton and the state-of-the-art 1944 methods of making copies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ve5JnTUzvo … (Always here for your 1944 breaking news!)
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Aaah Dvorak! That explains the mind-blowing speed. My mom trained as a secretary back in the 70's and I know from her that 120 a minute is considered really fast on QWERTY.
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