The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women

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Label

The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women

Title remainder

the dark story of America's shining women

Statement of responsibility

Kate Moore

Creator

• Moore, Kate, (Writer and editor)

Author

• Moore, Kate, (Writer and editor)

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

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

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