First female telephone operator day.

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is first female telephone Operator day Women who were firsts telecommunications history and trailblazers. Question one observed each September first to commemorate a pioneering hire in eighteen seventy eight, which woman became the first female telephone operator when the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company put her on the switchboard, helping replace brusque teenage boys with a calm, professional voice. Question two. During World War One, the US Army Signal Corps recruited bilingual American women nicknamed the Hello Girls, to run battlefield switchboards in France, who led this unit and earned the Distinguished Service Medal for keeping lines open under fire. In the nineteen sixties, at Bell Labs, which mathematician and computer scientist patented a computerized telephone switching method that used feedback control to prioritize tasks and prevent overloads, an innovation that helped make modern call centers and phone networks reliable. Question four, better known as a Hollywood Star, which Austrian born inventor co created a frequency hopping system with composer George Anthel during World War II, to secure radio guided torpedoes, an

1:35 idea that later underpinned Wi Fi, Bluetooth, and other spread spectrum communications. Question five, in a milestone for telecom policy leadership, who in twenty twenty one became the first woman to serve as the permanent chair of the US Federal Communications Commission after years of advocacy on issues like net neutrality and clothes. Using the homework gap for students, We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. Who was the first female telephone operator hired in Boston on September first, eighteen seventy eight. Answer Emma nut Emma Nutt joined the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company on September first, eighteen seventy eight, and is celebrated on First Female Telephone Operator Day, Emma nut Day. Her success helped establish women as the preferred operators in early telephone exchanges.

2:37 Question two. Who led the WWY Hello Girls Signal Corps telephone operators Answer Grace Banker, Chief Operator. Grace Banker led the Signal Core female telephone Operators unit, coordinating critical calls near the front. She earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the unit was collectively honored by Congress a century later. Three which Bell Labs pioneer patented computerized call switching to prevent overloads. Answer Ernest Schneider Hoover. Ernest Schneider Hoover's nineteen seventy one patent for a feedback controlled stored program switch managed call surges by prioritizing tasks. Her work was a landmark in telecom automation and one of the early notable software related patents. Question four, which Actress co invented frequency hopping that paved the way for Wi Fi and Bluetooth?

3:29 Answer hetty Lamar, Hetty Lamar and George Anthel received a nineteen forty two US patent for a spread spectrum frequency hopping scheme designed to foil jamming. Though not adopted during the war, the concept became foundational to modern wireless technologies. Question five. Who became the first permanent female FCC chair in twenty twenty one? Answer Jessica Rosenmorcel. President Biden designated Jessica Rosenmorcel as chair in twenty twenty one, and she became the first woman to hold the role on a permanent basis. Her work has focused on broadband access, consumer protections and spectrum policy. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia Questions.

4:10 I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.