postmistresses

White, 83, is one of Britain's oldest sub-postmistresses, having worked at the Claverley post office in Wolverhampton since the age of 15.

New Year honours list recognises unsung heroes 2010

By 1893, there were 6,335 postmistresses, some of whom juggled several jobs at once, like this woman, described in an early report about mail carriers around the United States:

The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman 2009

Gentleman is right to say that we should recognise the work that sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses do.

Honest John MP: Misses Transport and 2008

The fact has been amply demonstrated by innumerable postmasters and postmistresses who have profited from their contact with the communities 'correspondence.

Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous

In the United States Government we have postmistresses, and they usually manage the offices well.

Address by Chief Justice Walter Clark Before the Federation of Women's Clubs, New Bern, N. C., 8 May, 1913 1913

There are 1,400 postmistresses, some of them of first-class offices.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

He said the defence has identified certain failing branches, but said the sub-postmasters and postmistresses were reluctant to allow them access because they would be breaching their contracts.

Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2009

Suppose I were to say, "The Post Office is being stripped of its postmen, postmistresses, and preposterous purpose of circulating letters and communications; it will not longer waste its time in selling postage stamps or weighing parcels; it will get rid of the whole superstitious idea of sending anything to anybody anywhere; it is being placed upon an intelligent basis, in order that it may serve as a monastery for mystical contemplatives, and a house of retreat for those who wish to rest their troubled spirits with the quite and unremunerative pursuit of water-colour painting and fretwork."

G.K.'s Weekly - The Conservative Destroyer 2008

"I thought he appointed all postmasters and postmistresses.

Jack of the Pony Express Frank V. Webster