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"Rural switchboard operator Georgie Gail is proud of her independence in a man's world ...which makes it twice as vexing when the telephone company sends a man to look over her shoulder. Dashing Luke Palmer is more than he appears though. He's a Texas Ranger working undercover to infiltrate a notorious gang of train robbers. Repairing telephones and tangling with this tempestuous woman is the last thing he wants to do. But when his stakeout puts...
2) The call
Publisher
[Distributed by] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In 1920s Boston, with her job on the line and her heart all a-muddle, aspiring actress Ellis Eton discovers what might be her role of a lifetime"--
1920s Boston. Ellis Eton finds herself working as a telephone operator for a look-alike friend. For Ellis, this job will provide not only acting practice but the funds to get her a start in the movies. It's simple: avoid Griffin Phillips' attention, work, and get paid. But in typical Ellis fashion, her...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With expert skill, steady nerves, and steadfast loyalty,...
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and adventure, eager to test their mettle and save the world. The...
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