11/21/2023 0 Comments Radium girls bookAnd as the fatal poison of the radium takes hold, the brave shining girls find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest scandals of America's early 20th century, and in a groundbreaking battle for workers' rights that will echo for centuries to come. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" are the luckiest alive-until they begin to fall mysteriously ill.īut the factories that once offered golden opportunities are now ignoring all claims of the gruesome side effects, and the women's cries of corruption. The glittering chemical covers their bodies from head to toe they light up the night like industrious fireflies. Meanwhile, hundreds of girls toil amidst the glowing dust of the radium-dial factories. From body lotion to tonic water, the popular new element shines bright in the otherwise dark years of the First World War. The Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face of beauty, and wonder drug of the medical community. Immerse yourself in this compelling narrative that unravels the extraordinary lives of these fearless women who fought against all odds. "The glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still." - NPR Booksĭiscover the gripping and inspiring true story of The Radium Girls, a groundbreaking work by acclaimed author Kate Moore. Maggie Henriksen, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MIĪ New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts Bestseller! A heartbreaking, inspiring story of strong women who stuck together through the most horrible of circumstances.” Moore does a fabulous job of showing these women for who they were: real people, with families and lives that were torn apart by devastating health problems caused by years of working in a watch factory, painting glowing radium onto watch dials. “This story of the first all-women class action lawsuit is one that everyone needs to read. Heather Herbaugh, Mitzi's Books, Rapid City, SD Summer 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List In The Radium Girls, Moore, like the 'shining girls' before her, casts a bright light on these lives lost too young.” As these women fall ill in various and dire ways in the ensuing years, they seek answers and relief from the very companies that would deny them. Author Kate Moore takes the reader from Orange, New Jersey, to Ottawa, Illinois, following several women who work at factories that specialize in painting watch faces and instrument dials with the glow-in-the-dark wonder element radium. ![]() ![]() “The harrowing true story of The Radium Girls is a compelling and forthright portrayal of a dark, insidious mystery and the 'shining girls' who revealed it.
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