02271cam a2200373 i 4500 985226750 OCoLC 20220303111838.0 170511t20182018iluacf b 001 0 eng d 1492650951 9781492650959 AJM HD 6067.2 .U6 M66 2018 Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author. 8472 The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2018] ©2018 xviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso. Includes reading group guide (pages 410-411). Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) 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. Watch dial painters Diseases United States History. 10310 Radium paint Toxicology. 10311 Consumers' leagues United States History. 10312 Industrial hygiene United States History 20th century. 10313 World War, 1914-1918 Women United States. 10314 World War, 1914-1918 War work United States. 10315 .b154131647 ddc BOOK 28101 28101 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2022-03-03 17.99 7 363.17 MOOR 63494 2024-10-19 2024-09-27 2022-03-03 BOOK 1