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Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of Wwi Telephone Operators

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of Wwi Telephone Operators

Friddell, Claudia
Baddeley, Elizabeth

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BiographyGeneral Juvenile NonfictionHistory

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ISBN10: 1684373506
ISBN13: 9781684373505
Publisher: Calkins Creek
Published: Feb 2 2021
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.20 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
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.

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