Hello, Operator?

From the 1947 Flicker yearbook, a full page ad seeking “girl graduates” to fill positions as telephone operators “helping to win the war”.

And here are some of the potential candidates for those jobs from the same yearbook:

It’s worth a reminder that telephone operators served as emergency dispatch in those days prior to 911. This is a YouTube video used in training telephone operators in the 1940s:

Thanks to all you “girl graduates” who stepped up into such positions.