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By: Cobbs, Elizabeth
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Publisher: ARCADE PUB:
Seller ID: 343213
ISBN: 1628727209
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Cobbs, Elizabeth
Price: $6.50
Publisher: ARCADE PUB:
Seller ID: 428665
ISBN: 1628727209
Binding: Hardcover
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By: Cobbs, Elizabeth
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Publisher: Arcade: June 2017
Seller ID: 395415
ISBN: 1628728558
Binding: Trade Paperback
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By: Cobbs, Elizabeth
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Harvard University Press: May 2019
Seller ID: 445816
ISBN: 0674237439
Binding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Used - Good
In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France at General Pershing's explicit request. They were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard. While suffragettes picketed the White House and President Wilson struggled to persuade a segregationist Congress to give women of all races the vote, these courageous young women swore the army oath and settled into their new roles. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges they faced in a war zone where male soldiers wooed, mocked, and ultimately celebrated them.
The army discharged the last Hello Girls in 1920, the y...
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