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Author Moore, Kate (Writer and editor), author.

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

Publication Info. Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks, Inc., [2017]

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Note "Originally published as: The Radium Girls : they paid with their lives, their final fight was for justice, in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."
Summary The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark dangerThe Radium Girls fully 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 bombing, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-467) and index.
Contents List of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
Subject Watch dial painters -- Diseases -- United States -- History.
Radium paint -- Toxicology.
Consumers' leagues -- United States -- History.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
Industrial hygiene -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States.
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