Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call
The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators
New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
"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.
Subjects:
United States. Army. Signal Corps -- Juvenile literature.
Telephone operators -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature.
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Army. Signal Corps -- Juvenile literature.
Telephone operators -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature.
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781684373505
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Banker, Grace | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references.