"Hello Girls" of WWI Get the Message Through (on Zoom)

Name: "Hello Girls" of WWI Get the Message Through (on Zoom)
Start: 2025-03-10T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-10T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Englewood Public Library

Schedule

Mon Mar 10 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Englewood Public Library | Englewood, NJ

Historian Melissa Ziobro discusses on how the US Army Signal Corps employed women as telephone switchboard operators during WWI on Zoom
About this Event

Join Monmouth University Professor and former US Army Fort Monmouth Command Historian Melissa Ziobro for a talk on how the US Army Signal Corps employed women as telephone switchboard operators during WWI. The “Hello Girls” worked long hours to ensure battlefield communications. Their Chief Operator, Grace Banker, hailed from NJ. After the war, the women fought for veteran status, and they are being considered for a Congressional Gold Medal today.

Topic: "Hello Girls" of WWI Get the Message Through
Time: Mar 10, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 851 8684 6149
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