EMANCIPATION

“I FEEL THAT I HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR THE WOMEN WHO HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO WORK SO HARD. THIS WILL ENABLE THEM MORE EASILY TO EARN A LIVING.”

Statement of Christopher Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter.

THE STORY OF THE TYPEWRITER

1873–1923

PUBLISHED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVENTION OF THE WRITING MACHINE

BY THE Herkimer County Historical Society HERKIMER, NEW YORK 1923