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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. The Radium Girls explores the strength of extraordinary women in the face of almost impossible circumstances and the astonishing legacy they left behind.

Author/Creator:

Moore, Kate (Writer and editor) , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women [by Moore, K.]

Subjects:

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

World War (1914-1918)

1900-1999

Radium paint

Consumers' leagues

Industrial hygiene

Watch dial painters

Women

War work

Diseases

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

"Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso.
Includes reading group guide (pages 410-411).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Call Numbers:

HD6067.2.U6 M66 2018

ISBNs:

1492650951 (paperback)
9781492650959 (paperback)

Other Standard Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: 99975716418

OCLC Numbers:

985226750