Typewriters, first introduced in the early 1870s, were an important invention. They brought women into the white-collar work force in droves. It was the first office job widely available to women.

After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a ...

The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words is not actually as old as you might think. It was coined in 1921 by ...

QWERTYFEST MKE is a 3-day festival, from Oct. 3-5, based around the origins of one of the first typewriters, which was patented in Milwaukee in 1868. This year marks a decade for this quirky ...