pointswoman

Updated: July 28, 2025

Miss Emily Faithful saw a railway pointswoman in Georgia; and one of the regular steamers on Lake Champlain, when I was there, was successfully steered by a pilot in petticoats. There is one profession that is closed to women in the United States that of barmaid.

James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead - The Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin