Telephone Operators
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("The hello girls," 2012)
Not only were women overseas as nurses, they were telephone operators as well. The Signal Corps needed telephone operators and they needed the best. Over 7,000 women applied to work as telephone operators but only 450 women recruited from The American Telephone and Telegraph company (AT&T) were selected. These women, working overseas in places such as France and England, had to be fluent in both French and English. These women made communicating with allies possible ("The hello girls ," 2012).
Also known as “The Hello Girls”, telephone operators were sent to basic military radio procedures training at what is now Fort Meade. Not only were these women trained, they were also issued Army regulation uniforms with the US crest and Signal Crops crest on them as well. Each woman was given dog tags and a patch to wear on their uniform which designated their duty. Grace Banker who was the chief operator, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal from congress for her hard work. Without these woman serving overseas, inter-allied communications wouldn’t have ran as smoothly ("The hello girls ," 2012).
Also known as “The Hello Girls”, telephone operators were sent to basic military radio procedures training at what is now Fort Meade. Not only were these women trained, they were also issued Army regulation uniforms with the US crest and Signal Crops crest on them as well. Each woman was given dog tags and a patch to wear on their uniform which designated their duty. Grace Banker who was the chief operator, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal from congress for her hard work. Without these woman serving overseas, inter-allied communications wouldn’t have ran as smoothly ("The hello girls ," 2012).