'''Typewriters''' were machines created to allow individuals to create written documents by simply pushing upon keys. The first typewriter was created in 1868 by [[C.L. Sholes]].
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'''Typewriters''' are machines created to allow individuals to create written documents by simply pushing upon keys. The first typewriter was created in 1868 by [[C.L. Sholes]].
{{quotebox|Typing classes mushroomed at the end of the 19th Century, and this helped many women to enter paid work for the first time. By 1901, Britain had 166,000 female clerks, up from 2,000 half a century before. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7427237.stm]}}
{{quotebox|Typing classes mushroomed at the end of the 19th Century, and this helped many women to enter paid work for the first time. By 1901, Britain had 166,000 female clerks, up from 2,000 half a century before. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7427237.stm]}}
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{{quotebox|"I have never had an accident where I have pressed a button and accidentally sent seven chapters into cyberspace, never to be seen again. And have you ever tried to hack into my typewriter? It is very secure." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7427237.stm]}}
{{quotebox|"I have never had an accident where I have pressed a button and accidentally sent seven chapters into cyberspace, never to be seen again. And have you ever tried to hack into my typewriter? It is very secure." [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7427237.stm]}}
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==Sources==
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==References==
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989