Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call : the heroic story of WWI telephone operators / written by Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781684373505
- 1684373506
- Banker, Grace, 1892-1960 -- Juvenile literature
- Telephone operators -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature
- United States. Army. Signal Corps -- Juvenile literature
- Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | BANKER, G. F898 | Available | 33111010462378 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references.