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Author:

Friddell, Claudia, author.

Title:

Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call : the heroic story of WWI telephone operators / written by Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.

Publisher:

Calkins Creekan imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Subject:

Telephone operators--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Juvenile literature.
United States.--Signal Corps--Signal Corps--Juvenile literature.
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Baddeley, Elizabeth, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

1684373506
9781684373505

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1235781476

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