History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1083 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Hello Girls
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The idea
Two hundred thirty bilingual American women, the Hello Girls, ran telephone lines for the army in combat areas of France.
In practice
More than eighteen thousand American women serving as Red Cross nurses.
Where people slip
Close to three hundred of those nurses died in service. The Yawp says the Hello Girls worked for the Signal Corps.
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