Show women in postal service the distinction of first appointing a woman postmaster does not belong to america nor Is the employment of women in the postal service a now new idea As early as 1648 1548 a woman postmaster was appointed to look after the malls of braine ie comte an important town of france in the trying times of the thirty years war tho principal office in the postal service of europe was held by a woman alexandrine do rue J from rom 1628 to 1646 she was in charge of the malls mails ot at the german empire the jhb netherlands burgundy and lorraine Lorr alne sh she 0 was known as 6 n master general of the malls in america elizabeth harvey was the first to hold a place in the postal department she had charge alithe ot the letters in portsmouth N IT in tho the beginning oatho of tho seventeenth century tury ohalf A halt century afterward lydia hill was placed in charge of the post falce office in salom salem mass |