The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Harvard University Press, 2017.
Physical Desc
370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Frank Carlson Library - NON-FICTION | 940.4173 Cobbs, ELizabeth | On Shelf |
Great Bend Public Library - NON-FICTION | 940.4 Cobbs, Elizabeth | On Shelf |
Smith Center Public Library - 900s | 940.4 Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
History.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Telephone operators -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army -- Women -- History.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women veterans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Communications.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Telephone operators -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. -- Army -- Women -- History.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women veterans -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Communications.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Female.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Bisac Subjects
OCLC Fast Subjects
Armed Forces -- Women.
Communications, Military.
History.
Military participation -- Female.
Regimental histories.
Sex discrimination against women.
Telephone operators.
United States.
United States. -- Army.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps.
Women -- Suffrage.
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women soldiers.
Women veterans.
World War (1914-1918)
Communications, Military.
History.
Military participation -- Female.
Regimental histories.
Sex discrimination against women.
Telephone operators.
United States.
United States. -- Army.
United States. -- Army. -- Signal Corps.
Women -- Suffrage.
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women soldiers.
Women veterans.
World War (1914-1918)
Other Subjects
Frankreich
Första världskriget 1914-1918.
Kvinnlig rösträtt -- historia.
Kvinnliga soldater -- historia.
Kvinnor i försvaret -- historia.
Könsdiskriminering.
Militärischer Einsatz
Signalväsen -- historia.
Soldatin
Telefonister -- historia.
Telefonistin
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer -- Bitterfeld
United States.
Weltkrieg -- 1914-1918
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Första världskriget 1914-1918.
Kvinnlig rösträtt -- historia.
Kvinnliga soldater -- historia.
Kvinnor i försvaret -- historia.
Könsdiskriminering.
Militärischer Einsatz
Signalväsen -- historia.
Soldatin
Telefonister -- historia.
Telefonistin
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer -- Bitterfeld
United States.
Weltkrieg -- 1914-1918
Women soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Harvard University Press, 2017.
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
40026973636, 40026978892
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-354) and index.
Description
"This is the story of how America's first women soldiers helped win World War I, earned the vote, and fought the U.S. Army. In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France. They were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard. General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, demanded female 'wire experts' when he discovered that inexperienced doughboys were unable to keep him connected with troops under fire. Without communications for even an hour, the army would collapse. While suffragettes picketed the White House and President Woodrow Wilson struggled to persuade a segregationist Congress to give women of all races the vote, these competent and courageous young women swore the Army oath. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges they faced in a war zone where male soldiers welcomed, resented, wooed, mocked, saluted, and ultimately celebrated them. They received a baptism by fire when German troops pounded Paris with heavy artillery. Some followed 'Black Jack' Pershing to battlefields where they served through shelling and bombardment. Grace Banker, their 25-year-old leader, won the Distinguished Service Medal. The army discharged the last Hello Girls in 1920, the same year Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment granting the ballot. When the operators sailed home, the army unexpectedly dismissed them without veterans' benefits. They began a sixty-year battle that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979. With the help of the National Organization for Women, Senator Barry Goldwater, and a crusading Seattle attorney, they triumphed over the U.S. Army."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cobbs Hoffman, E. (2017). The Hello Girls: America's first women soldiers . Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth. 2017. The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers. Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth. The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers Harvard University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth. The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers Harvard University Press, 2017.
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