OWL Monthly Fiction Book Discussion Group

Meeting will be held in the Jamie Gagarin Community Room

Book to be discussed: Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini 

In 1917, General John Pershing established American forces in Europe but needed telephone operators who could help him communicate with troops in the field. American telephone operators were women, and the U.S. Army Signal Corps recruited them. 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 telephone call. The switchboard soldiers could do it in ten seconds.

Books are available to borrow at the library.