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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.     Subjects     United States Radium Corporation.     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.     Women employees -- Diseases -- United States.     Employers' liability -- United States -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.       by title:      The radium girls : t...         MARC Display

The radium girls : the dark story of America's shining women / Kate Moore. by Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2018] Subjects United States Radium Corporation.   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.   Women employees -- Diseases -- United States.   Employers' liability -- United States -- Case studies. ISBN:  9781492650959 (paperback ; alkaline paper) 1492650951 (paperback ; alkaline paper) Description:  xviii, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm Contents:  List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Author's note -- Excerpt from the woman they could no silence -- Acknowledgments -- Reading group guide -- Picture acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.1799 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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