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SUMMARY:Connecting the Front Lines: The Story of the Hello Girls
DESCRIPTION:In The Hello Girls\, historian Elizabeth Cobbs tells the 
 extraordinary story of 223 women sent to France in 1918 by the U.S. Army 
 Signal Corps to help win World War I. Requested by General John Pershing\, 
 these skilled telephone operators—known as the “Hello Girls”—became 
 America’s first women soldiers\, keeping vital communications running 
 under fire while the nation at home debated women’s right to 
 vote.\n\nServing near the front lines\, they endured bombardment\, 
 skepticism\, and admiration from male soldiers\, proving indispensable to 
 the war effort. Yet when they returned home in 1920\, the Army denied them 
 veterans’ benefits\, sparking a sixty-year fight for recognition that 
 finally ended in victory in 1979.\n\nElizabeth Cobbs will virtually join us 
 to discuss the book and the remarkable legacy of the Hello Girls\, whose 
 service reshaped both military history and the struggle for women’s 
 equality.\n\nRegistration Encouraged.\n\n \n\nThis event will be moderated 
 by Catherine Bourgin & Clelia Walters\, members of the Freedom Hill 
 Chapter\, NSDAR (Daughters of the American Revolution)\n\n\nAbout the 
 Author\n\nAward-winning historian Elizabeth Cobbs brings fresh\, unexpected 
 perspectives to our understanding of the past and present. Building upon 
 worldwide archival research and her own extraordinary life experiences\, 
 Elizabeth writes best selling  fiction and non-fiction that is both 
 scholarly and witty. Her path-breaking books\, articles\, and documentary 
 films reveal a world that is as intriguing and surprising as it is 
 real.\n\nElizabeth earned her Ph.D. in American history at Stanford 
 University. She is currently an Emerita Professor at San Diego State 
 University. Her books have won four literary prizes\, two for American 
 history and two for fiction\, and she has won four prizes for documentary 
 filmmaking. Elizabeth has been a Fulbright scholar in Ireland and a Fellow 
 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington\, 
 D.C. She has served on the Historical Advisory Committee of the U.S. State 
 Department and on the jury for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
LOCATION:Dolley Madison Meeting Room 1\, Dolley Madison Meeting Room 2\, Dolley Madison Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Irene Girgente":MAILTO:irene.girgente@fairfaxcounty.gov
CATEGORIES:America 250, Author Event, History/Culture, Presentation/Performance, Women's History 
CONTACT;CN="Irene Girgente":MAILTO:irene.girgente@fairfaxcounty.gov
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URL:https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/event/16248461
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