Get the ‘Hello Girls’ Message at the Ocean County Library Island Heights Branch

ISLAND HEIGHTS – When electronic communication was in its infancy in World War I, specially trained women played vital roles in linking the command posts to the front lines. Learn about them during “Hello Girls” of WWI Get the Message Through,” a Women’s History Month program at the Ocean County Library Island Heights Branch, 10:30 AM Wednesday, March 19.

Monmouth University Professor Melissa Ziobro, former U.S. Army Fort Monmouth Command Historian, will reveal the fascinating facts surrounding the more than 200 telephone switchboard operators who transferred information for military operations, often under combat conditions, in the age when the Internet wasn’t even a dream and the “wireless” was still a novelty.

Discover the 60-year struggle that they waged to achieve veteran status and recognition as soldiers, and action in the House of Representatives for their collective recognition through the Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023.   

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclHello to attend this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Island Heights Branch, 121 Central Avenue, or call (732) 270-6266. See the full schedule of Library programs in the online Calendar of Events.

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