[VIDEO] Happy April 1st!
I consider myself a bit of a railfan and this caught my eye. CTA put out a video about the first woman to be a "motorman" or perhaps she's the first "motorwoman". In 21st century parlance she's the first woman to be a rail operator.
Lena Phillips talks about how she started. There were other women ahead of her as far as being hired as a rail operator, however, she was chosen to be the first to operate the train. She was told of a lot of cameras and she recalls her first day as an operator as very hectic. She even talks about how uniforms weren't cut for women at that point in time.
I saw her metal CTA badge which has her employee number on it. We don't see that anymore. :(
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