Emma M. Nutt Poem by Ima Ryma

Who is Emma M. Nutt you ask?
She was the first female who worked
Telephone operator task,
Cuz guys first hired, good manners shirked.
Alexander Graham Bell hired
Emma to work New England phones.
As a worker she was well wired.
Customers liked her pleasant tones.
Worked a fifty four hour week,
Ten dollars monthly pay she took.
Knew by heart in three decade streak,
The New England telephone book.

Celebrated New England way,
September first - Emma Nutt Day.