The Forgotten History of America's First Female Soldiers For nearly a century, their names were all but erased from American military history: the Hello Girls, pioneers who served as telephone operators during World War I.
Their story is one of trailblazing courage and perseverance, yet it was only recently that they began to receive the recognition they deserved. Who Were the Hello Girls?
The Hello Girls were nearly 7,000 women recruited by the U. S. Army Signal Corps in 1918 to provide telephone communication services on the front lines of Europe.