Virtual ExhibitsTitle:
BOOK
Date:
1918
Source:
Gift of Mark Hough
Object ID:
2017.04.01
Description:
The allied forces relied on runners as well as telegraph and telephone operators to communicate across battlefields and between dispersed units.
Merle Egan of Helena taught soldiers how to work the switchboards used at the front. Because working as an operator was considered "women's work," many men were initially hostile. They softened once she reminded them that "the safety of a whole division might depend on the switchboard."
Merle Egan of Helena taught soldiers how to work the switchboards used at the front. Because working as an operator was considered "women's work," many men were initially hostile. They softened once she reminded them that "the safety of a whole division might depend on the switchboard."
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Book, 2017.04.01
Book, 2017.04.01
