<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Nutt" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emma Nutt">Emma Nutt</a> becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a> to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.