Switchboard soldiers
(Playaway)
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Published
Solon, OH : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 14.75 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Published
Solon, OH : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
UPC
9781669641490
Notes
General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Participants/Performers
Read by Saskia Maarleveld.
Description
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.
System Details
Playaway Digital Audio.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chiaverini, J., & Maarleveld, S. (2022). Switchboard soldiers (Unabridged.). Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chiaverini, Jennifer and Saskia, Maarleveld. 2022. Switchboard Soldiers. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chiaverini, Jennifer and Saskia, Maarleveld. Switchboard Soldiers Findaway World, LLC, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chiaverini, Jennifer,, and Saskia Maarleveld. Switchboard Soldiers Unabridged., Findaway World, LLC, 2022.
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