Title Grace Banker and her Hello Girls answer the call : the heroic story of WWI telephone operators / written by Claudia Friddell ; illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley.

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New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]

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Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J940.3 FRI	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department	PEOPLE & PLACES E BAN	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J 940.3 FRI	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 940.3 BANKER	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Biography	JB BANKER	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography	J B-BANKER FRI	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J92 BANKER	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction	JB BANKER GRACE	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Summary	"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."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Subject	Banker, Grace, 1892-1960 -- Juvenile literature.
	Telephone operators -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. Army. Signal Corps -- Juvenile literature.
	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Juvenile literature.
	Banker, Grace.
	Telephone operators.
	World War, 1914-1918.
	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.)
	United States. Army. Signal Corps.
	United States. Army. Signal Corps. (OCoLC)fst00536255
	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00895564
	Telephone operators. (OCoLC)fst01146406
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
	World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
Chronological Term	1914-1918
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Creative nonfiction. (OCoLC)fst01919909
	Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
	Informational works.
	Biographies.
	Picture books.
	Creative nonfiction.
Added Author	Baddeley, Elizabeth, illustrator.
ISBN	9781684373505 (hardcover)
	1684373506 (hardcover)

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