The Hello Girls : America's first women soldiers / Elizabeth Cobbs.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674971479
- ISBN: 0674971477
- Physical Description: 370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 democracy at home -- Together in the crisis of Meuse-Argonne -- Peace without their victory medals -- Soldiering forward in the twentieth century. |
Search for related items by subject
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albright Memorial Library | 940.4 COBBS (Text) | 50686015291078 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
LDR | 04040cam a2200469 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 7101992 | ||
003 | True | ||
005 | 20190915132621.0 | ||
008 | 160816t20172017mauaf b 001 0deng c | ||
010 | . | ‡a 2016038111 | |
020 | . | ‡a9780674971479 ‡q(hard cover ‡qalkaline paper) | |
020 | . | ‡a0674971477 ‡q(hard cover ‡qalkaline paper) | |
035 | . | ‡a(OCoLC)959649181 | |
040 | . | ‡aMH/DLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cHLS ‡dDLC ‡dYDX ‡dOCLCF ‡dOCLCO ‡dBDX ‡dOCL ‡dYDX ‡dOCLCO ‡dOCLCQ ‡dIK2 ‡dJAI ‡dUtOrBLW | |
042 | . | ‡apcc | |
043 | . | ‡an-us--- | |
049 | . | ‡aGZDA | |
082 | 0 | 0. | ‡a940.4/173082 ‡223 |
100 | 1 | . | ‡aCobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth, ‡eauthor. ‡0(True)207480 |
245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe Hello Girls : ‡bAmerica's first women soldiers / ‡cElizabeth Cobbs. |
246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aAmerica's first women soldiers |
264 | 1. | ‡aCambridge, Massachusetts : ‡bHarvard University Press, ‡c2017. | |
264 | 4. | ‡c©2017 | |
300 | . | ‡a370 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; ‡c22 cm | |
336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
505 | 0 | . | ‡tAmerica's last citizens -- ‡tNeutrality defeated, and the telephone in war and peace -- ‡tLooking for soldiers and finding women -- ‡tWe're going over: recruiting the Hello Girls -- ‡tPack your kit: selection and training -- ‡tWilson adopts suffrage and the Signal Corps embarks -- ‡tAmericans find their way, over there -- ‡tBetter late than never: the battle for the Marne -- ‡tWilson fights for democracy at home -- ‡tTogether in the crisis of Meuse-Argonne -- ‡tPeace without their victory medals -- ‡tSoldiering forward in the twentieth century. |
520 | . | ‡a"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. | |
610 | 1 | 0. | ‡aUnited States. ‡bArmy. ‡bSignal Corps ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. |
610 | 1 | 0. | ‡aUnited States. ‡bArmy ‡xWomen ‡xHistory. |
650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1914-1918 ‡xCommunications. ‡0(True)715722 | |
650 | 0. | ‡aTelephone operators ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1914-1918 ‡xParticipation, Female. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWomen soldiers ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWomen veterans ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWomen soldiers ‡xLegal status, laws, etc. ‡zUnited States. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aSex discrimination against women ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWorld War, 1914-1918 ‡xRegimental histories ‡zUnited States. ‡0(True)694767 | |
650 | 0. | ‡aWomen ‡xSuffrage ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century. | |
901 | . | ‡a7101992 ‡c7101992 ‡tbiblio ‡sSystem Local |