We previously wrote about Margaret Donahue of Boston, who was reportedly the first woman to receive her  first class commercial radio operator’s license.  This fact was reported a hundred years ago today in this clipping from the March 29, 1917, edition of the Bridgeport (CT) Evening Farmer.

She was at that time employed as a wire telegraph operator in Boston.  With her new credential, she had volunteered her service to her country in the upcoming war.