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.
| ISBN: | 9781684373505 |
| Publication date: | 2nd February 2021 |
| Author: | Claudia Friddell |
| Illustrator: | Elizabeth Baddeley |
| Publisher: | Calkins Creek an imprint of Astra Publishing House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women History Warfare & Battles |