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

Title The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore

Publication Info. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2018]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1913914~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  363.1799082 MOO    DUE 05-11-24
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  363.1799082 MOO    DUE 05-06-24
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Description xviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Note "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso
Includes reading group guide (pages 410-411)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index
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.
ISBN 9781492650959
1492650951
Standard No. 99975716418
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A Riveting Must Read of Local Heroes
A Riveting Must Read of Local Heroes X
December 26 2018
The author first introduces us to the real historical figures, then makes us fall in love with them, then breaks our hearts with their individual tragic stories, then renews us with gratitude for the protective legislation borne out of this - including but not limited to labor laws and OSHA. Read and meet the radium girls "up close and personal" - their lives, their loves, their hopes and dreams,their bravery and determination that good come out of their own personal tragedy. Much of the story took place within a 60 mile radius of Naperville. This should be on every high school's recommended reading list.
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