The radium girls the dark story of America's shining women [LP]
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...
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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Waterville, Maine :
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Large print edition. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 729 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781432839031 1432839039 |
| Author Notes: | Kate Moore is a New York Times bestselling author who writes across many genres, including biography, memoir, and history. She was also the director of the acclaimed play about the Radium Girls called 'These Shining Lives'. (Bowker Author Biography) |
