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

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

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...

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Main Author: Moore, Kate (Writer and editor) (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]
Subjects:
United States Radium Corporation.
World War (1914-1918)
Watch dial painters > Diseases > United States > History.
Radium paint > Toxicology.
Industrial hygiene > United States > History > 20th century.
Women employees > Diseases > United States.
Consumers' leagues > United States > History.
Employers' liability > United States > Case studies.
World War, 1914-1918 > Women > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > War work > United States.
Consumers' leagues.
Employers' liability.
Industrial hygiene.
War work.
Women.
United States.
Case studies.
History.

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