The Resource Switchboard soldiers : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
Switchboard soldiers : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
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The item Switchboard soldiers : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Glencoe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women, but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, including Grace Banker of New Jersey, a switchboard instructor with AT & T and an alumna of Barnard College; Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman and aspiring opera singer; and Valerie DeSmedt, a twenty-year-old Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles, determined to strike a blow for her native Belgium. They were among the first women sworn into the U.S. Army under the Articles of War. The male soldiers they had replaced had needed one minute to connect each call. The switchboard soldiers could do it in ten seconds. The risk of death was real, the women worked as bombs fell around them, as was the threat of a deadly new disease: the Spanish Flu. Not all of the telephone operators would survive"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Harper Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 736 pages (large print)
- Note
- "A novel of the heroic women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I"--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780063241978
- Label
- Switchboard soldiers : a novel
- Title
- Switchboard soldiers
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Chiaverini
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women, but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, including Grace Banker of New Jersey, a switchboard instructor with AT & T and an alumna of Barnard College; Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman and aspiring opera singer; and Valerie DeSmedt, a twenty-year-old Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles, determined to strike a blow for her native Belgium. They were among the first women sworn into the U.S. Army under the Articles of War. The male soldiers they had replaced had needed one minute to connect each call. The switchboard soldiers could do it in ten seconds. The risk of death was real, the women worked as bombs fell around them, as was the threat of a deadly new disease: the Spanish Flu. Not all of the telephone operators would survive"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- TOH
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chiaverini, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3553.H473
- LC item number
- S95 2022b
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Banker, Grace
- United States
- World War, 1914-1918
- Women soldiers
- Telephone operators
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Switchboard soldiers : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- Note
- "A novel of the heroic women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-736)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 736 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780063241978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1308410653
- (OCoLC)1308410653
- Label
- Switchboard soldiers : a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- Note
- "A novel of the heroic women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-736)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Harper Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 736 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780063241978
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1308410653
- (OCoLC)1308410653
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