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Author Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.

Title THE RADIUM GIRLS : THE DARK STORY OF AMERICA'S SHINING WOMEN / by Kate Moore.

Edition Large print edition.
Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2017.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1811200~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Adult Large Type Nonfiction  363.1799082 MOO    AVAILABLE
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Description 729 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Physical Medium large print rda
Series Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.
Subject Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History.
Radium paint -- Toxicology.
Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History.
Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.
Genre Large type books.
ISBN 9781432839031 (hardcover)
1432839039 (hardcover)
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