Tag: Female Telephone Operators Unit
The “Hello Girls” – How the U.S. Army’s All-Female Telephone Corps Answered the Call in WW1
Published Date: 4 April, 2016
“Unable to get timely and accurate battle reports, AEF commanding general John J. Pershing urged Washington to recruit American telephone operators. And since stateside switchboards were run almost entirely by females; Blackjack’s phone jockeys would…