The Resource The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
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The item The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published as: The Radium Girls : they paid with their lives, their final fight was for justice, in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."
- Contents
-
- Pt. 1. Knowledge
- Pt. 2. Power
- Pt. 3. Justice
- Epilogue
- Postscript
- Isbn
- 9781492649359
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
- Title
- The radium girls
- Title remainder
- the dark story of America's shining women
- Statement of responsibility
- Kate Moore
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Moore, Kate
- Dewey number
- 363.17/990820973
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD6067.2.U6
- LC item number
- M66 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Watch dial painters
- Radium paint
- Consumers' leagues
- Industrial hygiene
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
- Note
- "Originally published as: The Radium Girls : they paid with their lives, their final fight was for justice, in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Knowledge -- Pt. 2. Power -- Pt. 3. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781492649359
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016040681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn956341099
- Label
- The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women, Kate Moore
- Note
- "Originally published as: The Radium Girls : they paid with their lives, their final fight was for justice, in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Knowledge -- Pt. 2. Power -- Pt. 3. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781492649359
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2016040681
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn956341099
Subject
- Radium paint -- Toxicology
- Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History
- Consumers' leagues -- United states -- History
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States
- Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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