| Show women in postal service the distinction of first appointing a woman postmaster does docs 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 draino Is ie comte an important town of france in the try ing times of the thirty years yeara war the principal office ja in the postal service of europe was held by a woman alexandrine de da rue from 16 18 to 1616 1646 she ebe was vas in charge of the malls malla of the german empire the netherlands burgundy and lorraine Lorr alne she was waa known as a master general of the malls in america elizabeth harvey was waa the first to hold bold a place tit in the postal department she had charge of the letters lu in portsmouth N 11 II in the beginning of the seventeenth century A halt half century afterward lydi clydla a was placed in charge of the post office in salona salem mass |
