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Hello Girls was the colloquial name for American female switchboard operators in World War I, formally known as the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: American Expeditionary Forces, Armistice of 11 November 1918, Battle of Verdun, Boise, Idaho, Chaperone (social), Chaumont, Haute-Marne, Elizabeth Cobbs, Fort Meade, George Owen Squier, Grace Banker, Inez Crittenden, Jimmy Carter, John J. Pershing, London, Mark Twain, Merle Egan Anderson, Meuse–Argonne offensive, Military discharge, Mountain Home, Idaho, Newton D. Baker, Paris, Souilly, Southampton, Telephone switchboard, United States Army Signal Corps, Winchester, YWCA.

  2. Switchboard operators

American Expeditionary Forces

The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I, composed mostly of units from the U.S. Army.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.

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Battle of Verdun

The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun; Schlacht um Verdun) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France.

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Boise, Idaho

Boise (also) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County.

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A chaperone (also spelled chaperon) in its original social usage was a person who for propriety's sake accompanied an unmarried girl in public; usually she was an older married woman, and most commonly the girl's own mother.

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Chaumont, Haute-Marne

Chaumont, also known Chaumont-en-Bassigny, is a commune of France, and the prefecture of the Haute-Marne department.

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Elizabeth Cobbs

Elizabeth Cobbs is an American historian, commentator and author of nine books including three novels, a history textbook and five non-fiction works.

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Fort Meade

Fort George G. Meade is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, the Defense Courier Service, Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and the U.S.

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George Owen Squier

George Owen Squier (March 21, 1865 – March 24, 1934) was a soldier, scientist, and inventor best known for what today is called Muzak.

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Grace Banker

Grace D. Banker (October 25, 1892 – December 17, 1960) was a telephone operator who served during World War I (1917–1918) as chief operator of mobile for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Hello Girls and Grace Banker are switchboard operators.

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Inez Crittenden

Inez Ann Murphy Crittenden (1887 – November 11, 1918) was a leader of the "Hello Girls", the U. S. Telephone Corps in France during World War I.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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John J. Pershing

General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior American United States Army officer.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.

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Merle Egan Anderson

Merle Egan Anderson (born Merle Egan, Smith Center, Kansas 1888, died 1984) was a member of the United States Army Signal Corps' Female Telephone Operators Unit during World War I. She is one of the first 447 female veterans of the U.S. Army.

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Meuse–Argonne offensive

The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.

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Mountain Home, Idaho

Mountain Home is the largest city and county seat of Elmore County, Idaho, United States.

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Newton D. Baker

Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871 – December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist,Noble, Ransom E. "Henry George and the Progressive Movement." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Souilly

Souilly is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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Southampton

Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.

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Telephone switchboard

A telephone switchboard was a device used to connect circuits of telephones to establish telephone calls between users or other switchboards, throughout the 20th century.

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United States Army Signal Corps

The United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) is a branch of the United States Army that creates and manages communications and information systems for the command and control of combined arms forces.

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Winchester

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.

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YWCA

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries.

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See also

Switchboard operators

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Girls

Also known as Hello Girl, Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit.