Friends of the WMI Lecture-Women and the Typewriter: How typing brought women out of the home and into the workforce

Mrs. Taylor Rokicki is a professor of English at the University of Southern Indiana, University of Evansville, and Frontier Community College in Fairfield, IL.  Taylor’s affinity for the typewriter and its fascinating history developed from an early age.  Her love of this quanit yet complicated machine has led her to amass a collection of several dozen vintage pices.  Taylor currently serves as Vice President of the Friends of the Women Men’s Institute.  Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Taylor now resides in Newburgh, IN.