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The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers

Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth, author

Overview

\"In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the 'Hello Girls' swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration ... When the switchboard operators sailed home a year later, the Army dismissed them without veterans' benefits or victory medals. The women commenced a sixty-year fight that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979. This book shows how technological developments encouraged an unusual band to volunteer for military service at the precise moment that feminists back home championed a federal suffrage amendment\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Subject: United States. Army. Signal Corps History 20th century. / United States. Army Women History. / World War, 1914-1918 Communications. / Telephone operators United States History 20th century. / World War, 1914-1918 Participation, Female. / Women soldiers United States History 20th century. / Women veterans United States History 20th century. / Women soldiers Legal status, laws, etc. United States. / Sex discrimination against women United States History 20th century. / World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United States. / Women Suffrage United States History 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780674971479

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
D639.T4 C63 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE