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The Independent: Mavis Beacon was the top typing teacher in the US before she vanished. The twist? She wasn’t real

A generation of adults learned how to type thanks to Mavis Beacon. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, an educational software program, launched in 1987 and quickly became a bestseller. To this day, adults ...

Mavis Beacon was the top typing teacher in the US before she vanished. The twist? She wasn’t real

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Mental Floss: Forget Mavis Beacon: Self-Taught Typists Are Nearly as Fast as Touch Typists

Forget Mavis Beacon: Self-Taught Typists Are Nearly as Fast as Touch Typists

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When the filmmaker Jazmin Jones was growing up, she thought of Mavis Beacon—the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a popular educational game first released in 1987—as a living and breathing ...

Los Angeles Times: ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ tracks down a cyberghost who taught a generation how to type

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‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ tracks down a cyberghost who taught a generation how to type

Deadline.com: ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Filmmaker Jazmin Jones On Documenting Black Identity In The Digital Age

In Seeking Mavis Beacon, filmmakers Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross aim to track down one of the most iconic figures in multicultural education and internet history. With over 10 million copies ...

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‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Filmmaker Jazmin Jones On Documenting Black Identity In The Digital Age