speed, in 1986, was 212 words per minute. Blackburn was popularly recognized as the "world's fastest typist" and made media appearances to exhibit her...

Blackburn (typist) (1920–2008), American typist and writer, noted for her fast typing speed Barbara Blackburn, wife of writer Jolly Blackburn and inspiration...

QWERTY keyboard layout. As of 2005[update], writer Barbara Blackburn was the fastest English language typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of...

by 1984 advertisements, which stated that the world's fastest typist, Barbara Blackburn, had set a record on an Apple IIc with the Dvorak layout. Dvorak...

15, when she moved to a children's home hostel in London, training as a typist while still attending school. After a course at the Lucie Clayton School...

without such scenes are highly unusual.": 70–71  "The Case of the Terrified Typist" (episode 1-38), "The Case of the Witless Witness" (episode 6-28) and the...

as a singer at the Bishop's Blaize; her mother Bridget was a shorthand typist. Both her parents were born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, but also had family...

women served in the navy and army, performing jobs such as secretaries, typists and nurses. The American states are separate sovereigns, with their own...

For services to Civil Defence. Joan Catherine Scott, Secretary Shorthand-Typist, Ministry of Aircraft Production. Mary Drusalla Scott, Personal Secretary...

Ultimately, Roth was one of 23 women to graduate with 545 men. Roth worked as a typist and administrative assistant in the United States Foreign Service from 1956...