The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women
Moore, Kate
The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore - Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks , 2017, c2016 - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
English
9781492650959
Watch dial painters---Diseases---History---United States
Radium paint---Toxicology
Consumers' leagues---History---United States
Industrial hygiene---History---United States---20th century
World War, 1914-1918---Women---United States
World War, 1914-1918---War work---United States
HD6067.2.U6 / M66 2017
363.1799 MOO
The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore - Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks , 2017, c2016 - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
English
9781492650959
Watch dial painters---Diseases---History---United States
Radium paint---Toxicology
Consumers' leagues---History---United States
Industrial hygiene---History---United States---20th century
World War, 1914-1918---Women---United States
World War, 1914-1918---War work---United States
HD6067.2.U6 / M66 2017
363.1799 MOO
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