Their typing speeds only had to be 45-50 to get in. The white girls didn't even know how to change the typewriter ribbons. We took it! We were treated like we were from a 3rd world country. But under no circumstances was I going to allow somebody else to take this job away from me. We were laughed at and talked about in front of our faces. It wasn't a rule, but we were shoved to the back. There were no black/white bathrooms, but we were pushed to the back of the line and not allowed to use the mirrors until all the white girls had left the restrooms. But the minute I walked out on the floor, all eyes were on me. I had an academic diploma with business classes as my minor.
We all had to have 3.8-4.0 QPA's and be able to type 80-100 words per minute and transcribe at 100 wpm.
This was based on efforts from the community to hire black employees. They came to the black high schools and wanted the top 3 stenographers from each school to apply to their company. I remember in my senior year, Westinghouse Electric was located in a black community but had no black employees. In the late 60's, there were race riots and lots of racial conflicts. I and many other blacks had no knowledge of this crew of women and how they contributed to the NASA project. I was actually a teen when John Glen took his trip into space. I was employed by a major company in the late 60's This movie occurred a little before that. I'm not much of a movie watcher but was greatly impressed with the movie. My grandson advised me to watch this movie.
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