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The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers, Elizabeth Cobbs

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Summary
"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. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world. The first contingent arrived in France just as the German Army trained "Big Bertha" on Paris, bombarding the frightened city as the new women of the U.S. Army struggled through unlit streets to find their billets. A handful followed General Pershing to the gates of Verdun and the battlefields of Meuse-Argonne. 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. The same desire to participate fully in the life of their country animated both groups, and both struggled after 1920 to reap the rewards of victory. Their experiences illuminate ways in which sex-role change was embraced and resisted throughout the twentieth century, and the ways that men and women struggled together for gender justice."--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • America's last citizens
  • Neutrality defeated, and the telephone in war and peace
  • Looking for soldiers and finding women
  • We're going over: recruiting the Hello Girls
  • Pack your kit: selection and training
  • Wilson adopts suffrage and the Signal Corps embarks
  • Americans find their way, over there
  • Better late than never: the battle for the Marne
  • Wilson fights for a mandate at home
  • Together in the crisis of Meuse-Argonne
  • Peace without victory medal
  • Soldiering forward in the twentieth century
Isbn
9780674971479
Instance
Label
The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers
Title
The Hello Girls
Title remainder
America's first women soldiers
Statement of responsibility
Elizabeth Cobbs
Title variation
America's first women soldiers
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world. The first contingent arrived in France just as the German Army trained "Big Bertha" on Paris, bombarding the frightened city as the new women of the U.S. Army struggled through unlit streets to find their billets. A handful followed General Pershing to the gates of Verdun and the battlefields of Meuse-Argonne. 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. The same desire to participate fully in the life of their country animated both groups, and both struggled after 1920 to reap the rewards of victory. Their experiences illuminate ways in which sex-role change was embraced and resisted throughout the twentieth century, and the ways that men and women struggled together for gender justice."--Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
MH/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Dewey number
940.4/173082
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Telephone operators
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women soldiers
  • Women veterans
  • Women soldiers
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Women
  • Women
  • Armed Forces
  • Communications, Military
  • Military participation
  • Regimental histories
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Telephone operators
  • Women soldiers
  • Women soldiers
  • Women veterans
  • United States
Label
The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers, Elizabeth Cobbs
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
America's last citizens -- Neutrality defeated, and the telephone in war and peace -- Looking for soldiers and finding women -- We're going over: recruiting the Hello Girls -- Pack your kit: selection and training -- Wilson adopts suffrage and the Signal Corps embarks -- Americans find their way, over there -- Better late than never: the battle for the Marne -- Wilson fights for a mandate at home -- Together in the crisis of Meuse-Argonne -- Peace without victory medal -- Soldiering forward in the twentieth century
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780674971479
Lccn
2016038111
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)959649181
  • 1510951
  • (OCoLC)ocn959649181
Label
The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers, Elizabeth Cobbs
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
America's last citizens -- Neutrality defeated, and the telephone in war and peace -- Looking for soldiers and finding women -- We're going over: recruiting the Hello Girls -- Pack your kit: selection and training -- Wilson adopts suffrage and the Signal Corps embarks -- Americans find their way, over there -- Better late than never: the battle for the Marne -- Wilson fights for a mandate at home -- Together in the crisis of Meuse-Argonne -- Peace without victory medal -- Soldiering forward in the twentieth century
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780674971479
Lccn
2016038111
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)959649181
  • 1510951
  • (OCoLC)ocn959649181

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