Job Reference From My Great-Grandmother, 1918

Job reference letter of my great-grandmother Lilli from 1918, written in Kurrent script.

A hundred years ago, employers probably already had a hard time thinking about how to write a job reference letter, same as today. And what made it even harder for them, they didn’t have office software with text templates to choose from. Here’s a reference letter which my great-grandmother got in 1918 for her work … Read moreJob Reference From My Great-Grandmother, 1918