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Item Information   Holdings     Summary       More by this author     Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.     Subjects     World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.     Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History.     Radium paint -- Toxicology.     Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.       by title:      The radium girls : t...         MARC Display

The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore. by Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author. Sourcebooks, 2018 Subjects World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.   Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History.   Radium paint -- Toxicology.   Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History. Description:  xviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm Contents:  "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso. Includes reading group guide (pages 410-411). 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. Form:  text txt unmediated n volume nc   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Circulating Books HD6067.2.U6 M66 2018 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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