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001 985226750
003 OCoLC
005 20220303111838.0
008 170511t20182018iluacf b 001 0 eng d
020 _a1492650951
020 _a9781492650959
040 _cAJM
050 4 _aHD 6067.2 .U6
_bM66 2018
100 1 _aMoore, Kate
_c(Writer and editor),
_eauthor.
_98472
245 1 4 _aThe radium girls :
_bthe dark story of America's shining women /
_cKate Moore.
264 1 _aNaperville, Illinois :
_bSourcebooks,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _axviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso.
500 _aIncludes reading group guide (pages 410-411).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index.
520 _aAs 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.
650 0 _aWatch dial painters
_xDiseases
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_910310
650 0 _aRadium paint
_xToxicology.
_910311
650 0 _aConsumers' leagues
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
_910312
650 0 _aIndustrial hygiene
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_910313
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xWomen
_zUnited States.
_910314
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xWar work
_zUnited States.
_910315
907 _a.b154131647
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c28101
_d28101