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DESCRIPTION:Lecture and book signing by Elizabeth Cobbs.
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SUMMARY:The Lyceum WWI Lecture Series-"The Hello Girls"  on Mar 1\, 2018
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CATEGORIES:Lecture,Lyceum,Museums,Old Town
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 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=17319\n\nOn the eve of American
  involvement in World War I\, the Selective Service Act drafted 2.8 millio
 n American men to do their part for home and country. Three hundred remark
 able women known as "The Hello Girls" were selected to operate the vital c
 ommunications network that helped the Allies win.  Each came from a differ
 ent geographic and economic background\, but they were united in their fie
 rce patriotism and determination to prove that women had a role to play on
  the war front\, not just the home front. For the first time in U.S. histo
 ry\, at General John Pershing's urging\, a handful of women volunteered\, 
 too\, specially qualified to operate the most advanced communications tech
 nology of the day: the telephone switchboard. And while WWI ended some 18 
 months later for those first female soldiers\, their battle for recognitio
 n as military veterans continued for six long decades. In time for the cen
 tennial of WWI\, acclaimed historian and author Elizabeth Cobbs\, Ph.D.\, 
 has written the defining account of the first women to serve in the U.S. A
 rmy Signal Corps. Set against the backdrop of the suffrage movement and th
 e communications revolution\, The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldi
 ers summons a time when women possessed citizenship only through their fat
 hers and husbands\; but their story remains a potent key to comprehending 
 how American women became soldiers-and eventually leaders-of their nation.
 \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nContact Phone: 703.746.4994\nFees: $10. A combinatio
 n ticket for the full series (March 1\, 15\, and 22) is available for $25.
  \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Lecture\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old Tow
 n\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Ca
 lendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=17319\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://shop.alexandri
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SUMMARY:The Lyceum WWI Lecture Series-"The Hello Girls" 
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