stenographer
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Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Rather, it belonged to a woman from Illinois with a versatile résumé that included writing, acting, engineering and working as a stenographer: Lizzie Magie.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
She worked as a stenographer for pay-as-you-go lessons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
When Dannett appeared 17 years after Livingston’s conviction, the stenographer was eager to help.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
That day one other office worker, the stenographer, appeared.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The licensing process for these stenographers is significantly longer and more difficult than what voice writers undergo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
North Dakota phased out using stenographers this year and switched to recording all proceedings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
He would shake hands with the entire crew if the interview was on camera, and there would often be an embrace for the stenographers busily transcribing his thoughts.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Pipeline opponents had criticized the Wednesday meeting because oral testimony was only accepted in private to stenographers in a curtained area in a hotel ballroom.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
The women sought work as typewriters, stenographers, seamstresses, and weavers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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