ALBANY — Less than two miles behind the front lines during World War I, some American women telephone operators sat at switchboards that shook severely from the sounds of the big guns they could hear ...

Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

One hundred years ago, a huge crowd gathered in Armory Park in Passaic to hear U.S. Army General John J. Pershing praise the men who fought so bravely in World War I. Pershing, commander of the ...

More than 100 years ago 223 brave women, known as the Hello Girls, served in the Army as telephone switchboard operators during World War I. The story of the first female soldiers who served on the ...

Before the days of automatic dial telephones woman telephone operators who manually operated switchboards often went on strike for higher wages, better hours and better working conditions. When they ...

A member of the 52nd Telegraph Battalion speaks on a telephone at a crossroads in the Argonne Wood near Montfaucon, Meuse, France in 1918, during World War I. Credit - US Army/Getty Images ...

African-American heroines are everywhere in U.S. history — though they were often unseen by contemporaries. Sometimes, they simply hid. Juneteenth is a fitting occasion to celebrate one woman who did ...