Bibliograph

The radium girls, the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore

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The radium girls, the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-467) and index

Illustrations

platesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The radium girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

956341099

Responsibility statement

Kate Moore

Sub title

the dark story of America's shining women

Summary

As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously ill. As the fatal poison of the radium took hold, they found themselves embroiled in one of America's biggest scandals and a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind

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