The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers / Elizabeth Cobbs.
The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers / Elizabeth Cobbs.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/1961
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English
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Physical content
370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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, ov...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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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 y...
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The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers / Elizabeth Cobbs.
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America's first women soldiers
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/1961
Record Identifier
74VKVaqqxEqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaqqxEqO
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ISBN
0674971477 hard cover alkaline paper
9780674971479 hard cover alkaline paper
DDC
940.4173082
MMS ID
991024100006002626
