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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]Description: xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781492649359
  • 149264935X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.17/990820973 23
LOC classification:
  • HD6067.2.U6 M66 2017
Contents:
List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 363.17 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000555007

"Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso.

Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index.

List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript.

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.

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