Harriot Daley
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| Born | c. 1867  |
| Died | November 1, 1957 |
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Harriot Daley (circa 1867 – November 1, 1957)[1] was the first telephone switchboard operator at the United States Capitol.[1] She was appointed as telephone switchboard operator at the Capitol in 1898.[2][3]
Daley was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, the third of four children of David Jeremiah Godwin, a lawyer, judge, and Confederate Army colonel, and Lucrece Wilson.[1]
In 2018 the New York Times published a belated obituary for her.[1]
