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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm still putting together my program
on the Hello Girls, General Pershing's bilingual phone operators
who went to France, but here is some of what I've found about the
women of southeastern Michigan, including the only death abroad.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.storytellingresearchlois.com/search/label/Hello%20Girls"><http://www.storytellingresearchlois.com/search/label/Hello%20Girls></a>
I will portray Oleda Joure, a Marine City teenager who received
special permission to enlist. As she looks back on those days, I
can include music because she and her brother both were weekend
musicians. He entertained the troops, but when she arrived in
England and was asked to do the same, she had to say she couldn't
because she already had taken her oath and would be
court-martialed. It was only after the war the Girls learned the
army considered them contractors not deserving benefits. It took
until President Carter to earn their recognition. In the meantime
she stayed close to her fellow Hello Girls.<br>
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Like the Hello Girls, I'm currently having my uniform made, and am
nearly ready to promote it, but hope these women intrigue
Michiganders. <br>
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Lois Sprengnether Keel
Website:<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.LoiS-sez.com"><http://www.LoiS-sez.com></a>,
Blog:<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.StorytellingResearchLoiS.com"><http://www.StorytellingResearchLoiS.com></a>,
and posting newspaper accounts of
Michigan's "Fighting Fifth" Civil War Infantry
at<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://mich5thinfantry.net"><http://mich5thinfantry.net></a>
* Storyteller in MI Arts and Humanities Directory
* In Historical Society of Michigan Directory
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.hsmichigan.org/resources/storytellers-speakers-musicians/storyteller-lois-sprengnether-keel/"><http://www.hsmichigan.org/resources/storytellers-
speakers-musicians/storyteller-
lois-sprengnether-keel/></a>
* State Liaison for National Storytelling Network
* Webmaster for<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.MichiganStorytelling.org"><http://www.MichiganStorytelling.org></a> </pre>
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On 2/4/2016 10:55 AM, Keegan Sulecki wrote:<br>
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<div>Chelsea District Library is very excited about our recent
grant award from the Michigan Humanities Council to support a
WWI Centennial Project. In addition to an installation around
town and local history research and preservation, we are
interested in providing a variety of programming to
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<div>I have found a few leads on my own, but I am hoping there
is more out there that I may have missed. I am interested in
presenters who can talk about the war itself or also about
life and culture during that time. I already have a line on
some sock machine knitters who can talk about how they were
used to make socks for soldiers during WWI, but other things
like that would also be of interest. I would particularly like
to find someone to present on Rin Tin Tin. WWI reenactors are
also needed. </div>
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<div>Any information you might have on WWI presenters that you
could share would be greatly appreciated. <br>
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<div>Thank, </div>
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<div>734.475.8732 ext. 218</div>
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