Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call the heroic story of WWI telephone operators
"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 pioneer...
| Main Author: | Friddell, Claudia (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Baddeley, Elizabeth (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781684373505 1684373506 |
| Author Notes: |
Elizabeth Baddeley is the New York Times best-selling illustrator of I Dissent Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark . She has illustrated many other biographies and nonfiction books for children and previously worked for Hallmark. Visit ebaddeley.com. |