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

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

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781432839031
ISBN: 1432839039
Physical Description: 729 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 719-726).
Formatted Contents Note:	List of key characters -- Knowledge -- Power -- Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader UG 8.1 21 21 196201