Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cipher and telegraph codes
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Telephone Switchboard Operator
Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cipher and telegraph codes
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure
Author: United States. War DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Switchgear, Switchboard Apparatus, Relays, and Industrial Controls
Author: Switchboard Soldiers
Author: Jennifer ChiaveriniPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063080710
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
“An eye-opening and detailed novel about remarkable female soldiers. . . Chiaverini weaves the intersecting threads of these brave women’s lives together, highlighting their deep sense of pride and duty.”--Kirkus Reviews From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of the great untold stories of World War I—the women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, who broke down gender barriers in the military, smashed the workplace glass ceiling, and battled a pandemic as they helped lead the Allies to victory. In June 1917, General John Pershing arrived in France to establish American forces in Europe. He immediately found himself unable to communicate with troops in the field. Pershing needed operators who could swiftly and accurately connect multiple calls, speak fluent French and English, remain steady under fire, and be utterly discreet, since the calls often conveyed classified information. At the time, nearly all well-trained American telephone operators were women—but women were not permitted to enlist, or even to vote in most states. Nevertheless, the U.S. Army Signal Corps promptly began recruiting them. More than 7,600 women responded, including Grace Banker of New Jersey, a switchboard instructor with AT&T and an alumna of Barnard College; Marie Miossec, a Frenchwoman and aspiring opera singer; and Valerie DeSmedt, a twenty-year-old Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles, determined to strike a blow for her native Belgium. They were among the first women sworn into the U.S. Army under the Articles of War. The male soldiers they had replaced had needed one minute to connect each call. The switchboard soldiers could do it in ten seconds. The risk of death was real—the women worked as bombs fell around them—as was the threat of a deadly new disease: the Spanish Flu. Not all of the telephone operators would survive. The women of the U.S. Army Signal Corps served with honor and played an essential role in achieving the Allied victory. Their story has never been the focus of a novel…until now.
High Tension Switchboards
Author: Henry Edward PoolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric switchgear
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom
Author: Bradley W. SchenckPublisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765383292
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
When the switchboard operators of Retropolis are replaced by an automated system, freelance adventurer Dash Kent investigates, discovering a complicated and twisted plan concocted by an insane civil engineer.
Operating Practices for Army Administrative Telephone Switchboards
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Telephone switchboards
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Race on the Line
Author: Venus GreenPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822325734
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A labor history of women workers in the early years of the telephone industry.
Publications
Author: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Author: USA Patent Office