Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call book cover
GRACE BANKER HER HELLO AND GIRLS ANSWER THE CALL THE HEROIC STORY OF WWI TELEPHONE OPERATORS written en by CLAUDIA FRIDDELL illustrated by ELIZABETH BADDELEY The excerpts in blue type and in speech bubbles are from Grace's diaries and interviews CALKINS CREEK AN IMPRINT OF BOYDS MILLS KANE New York
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call

Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With expert skill, steady nerves, and steadfast loyalty, the Signal Corps operators transferred orders from commanders to battlefields and communicated top-secret messages between American and French headquarters. After faithfully serving her country —undaunted by freezing weather and fires; long hours and little sleep, and nearby shellings and far off explosions — Grace was the first and only woman operator in the Signal Corps to be awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal.

About This Book

By: Claudia Friddell
Illustrated by: Elizabeth Baddeley
Published by: Calkins Creek an imprint of Astra Publishing House
7-10Age Range
5.7 AR
40Pages
PeopleSubject
NC1120LLexile
15-30 minsReading Time
ZGuided Reading
ZFountas & Pinnell
80DRA