s on the front porch after putting in Bell equipment. . . . Some subscribers wanted to keep both telephones in order to avoid a toll call between Garland and Dallas, but that was apparently not going to be permitted by Bell.
It appears that technological standardization and franchise-area regulation was an important feature of telephone service between 1950 and 1960.
In particular, access to the telephone appears to have provided women with access to society more generally. And this was most true of women located in rural areas. In this regard, citing the experiences of women in the western provinces of Canada, Davis says that access to telephones, radios, and the autom
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