Grace Banker and her Hello Girls Answer the Call : : the Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators
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"Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With expert skill, steady nerves, and steadfast loyalty, the Signal Corps operators transferred orders from commanders to battlefields and communicated top-secret messages between American and French headquarters. After faithfully serving her country--undaunted by freezing weather and fires; long hours and little sleep, and nearby shellings and far off explosions--Grace was the first and only woman operator in the Signal Corps to be awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal."--Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781684373505
1684373506
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Baddeley, Elizabeth.
SUBJECTS
Banker, Grace.
United States. -- Signal Corps.
Telephone operators.
World War, 1914-1918.
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.)
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women.