The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780606405195 : PBD
- ISBN: 0606405194 : PBD
- ISBN: 9781492649359
- ISBN: 149264935X
- ISBN: 9781544433943
- ISBN: 1544433948
- Physical Description: xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso. Includes reading group guide (pages 409-410). |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Awards Note: | 2019 Lincoln Award Nominee |
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Genre: | Case studies. History. History. |
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The Radium Girls : The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
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The Radium Girls : The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Illuminates the inspiring young women exposed to the wonder substance of radium, and their awe-inspiring strength in the face of almost impossible circumstances. Their courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, research into nuclear bom