| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
135 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes an interview with the author. |
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First published in French by Glénat Éditions, ©2020. |
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Cover glows in the dark. |
| Summary |
"A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918. It's 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the "Ghost Girls." The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of glowing, radioactive powder that clings to their clothes after every shift painting watch dials. The soft, greenish glow even stains their lips and tongues, which they use to point the fine brushes used in their work. It's perfectly harmless... or so claims the watch manufacturer. When teeth start falling out, followed by jawbones, the dial painters become the unprepared vanguard on the frontlines of the burgeoning workers' rights movement. Desperate for compensation and acknowledgement from the company that has doomed them, the Ghost Girls must fight, not just for their own lives but the future of every woman to follow them."-- Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical information. |
| Language |
In English, Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
United States Radium Corporation -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Women employees -- Diseases -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Radium paint -- Toxicology -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Radium industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Orange (N.J.) -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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United States Radium Corporation (OCoLC)fst01506350
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Radium paint -- Toxicology
(OCoLC)fst01088391
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Women (OCoLC)fst01176568
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Watch dial painters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Women -- Employment -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Occupational health and safety -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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| Chronological Term |
1914-1918
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| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Graphic novels (OCoLC)fst01726630
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History (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Historical comics.
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Biographical comics.
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Nonfiction comics.
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| Added Author |
Weaver, E. K., letterer.
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Hahnenberger, Ivanka, translator.
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Iron Circus Comics, publisher.
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| Added Title |
Radium girls. English
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| ISBN |
1945820993 (paperback) |
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9781945820991 (paperback) |
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