The radium girls
Subtitle: the dark story of America's shining women
By: Kate Moore
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 729
ISBN-13: 9781432839031
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Employers' liability; World War, 1914-1918; Diseases; Toxicology; United States Radium Corporation; Watch dial painters; Case studies; War work; Large type books; Consumers' leagues; History; Radium paint; Industrial hygiene; Women
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 719-726).
Table of contents: title: List of key characters; title: Knowledge; title: Power; title: Justice; title: Epilogue; title: Postscript.