History of the QWERTY Keyboard
History of the QWERTY Keyboard
- 1881 - YWCA began training women to type as a career.
- 1882 - Mrs. Longley’s “All-finger method” of typing.
- 1888 - typewriting contest in Cincinnati - Frank McGurrin Vs. Louis Traub.
- 1888 - 60,000 US women typists.
- 1899 - first “up strike” typewriter.
- 1933 - first IBM electric typewriter.