THE 1960s
How May I Connect You?
![8 women, 7 who are sitting at the phone operator's table, connecting lines](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/Centennial/1960s/How%20May%20I%20Connect%20You/Centennial-HowConnectYou-Wide.jpg?width=1030&height=540&name=Centennial-HowConnectYou-Wide.jpg)
Photo: Cleveland Clinic Archives
Just shy of 3 p.m. on any given day in 1967, switchboard operators have their hands — and ears — full as they field calls at Cleveland Clinic. From left are Eleanor Haggerty, Beatrice Masterson, Lorraine Wojniak, Wanda Estep, Evelyn Stefanik, Mary Holmok, Willa Cree and Chief Operator Irene Lindquist.