The Army discharged the last Hello Girls in 1920, the year Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment. When they sailed home, they were unexpectedly dismissed without veterans’ benefits and began a 60-year battle against their own government for recognition, a fight that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979. Director James Theres reveals the challenges they faced in a war zone where male soldiers wooed, mocked, and ultimately celebrated them. Length: 56 minutes.
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