Talk:Telegraphist

I've heard the world's first woman telegraphist was Sarah Bagley, in 1846. Can anybody confirm? Trekphiler™ 04:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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Too narrow, I think

The definition used is too narrow, I believe, that being, "a person who uses a telegraph key to send and receive Morse code messages in a telegraphy system." Telegraphy was in use before the key-based technology and before the adoption of Morse code. The impetus for my proposing the expansion is a Scientific American note from 1847 which I've transcribed in Wikisource; see https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Scientific_American/Series_1/Volume_3/Issue_10/telegraphy . --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Ceyockey! I actually wrote that little definition. Or rather... I tweaked the intro to what it is now. If you think you can do better, and if you have the references, I'd say go for it! 😊

Currently, this article is hardly an article at all. So things can only go up from here. - Manifestation (talk) 09:09, 9 March 2026 (UTC)