Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini-453 pages
General Pershing wants a group of American women to come to France to be switchboard operators. This is an elite group who must have extensive training and experience and also be fluent in French and English. These women are culled from ATT and without their expertise WWI may not have had the outcome it did. Based on a true story these women were known as US Signal Corps in WWI. Yet when the war was over they did not receive any recognition or benefits. I appreciate Ms. Chiaverini's research and her writing. Since my grandfather worked for ATT, I enjoyed getting to know a little more history about the switchboard girls. I liked this book very much.
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