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_aHD6067.2 .U6 _bM66 2018 |
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_aMoore, Kate _c(Writer and editor) |
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_aThe radium girls : _bthe dark story of America's shining women / _cKate Moore. |
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_aNaperville, Illinois : _bSourcebooks, _c[2018] |
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264 | 4 | _c©2018. | |
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_axviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits ; _c21 cm. |
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500 | _a"Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK"--Title page verso. | ||
500 | _aIncludes reading group guide (pages 410-411). | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aList of key characters -- Prologue -- Part one. Knowledge -- Part two. Power -- Part three. Justice -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- Reading group guide -- Picture acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- About the author. | |
520 | _aAs 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. | ||
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_aConsumers' leagues _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aEmployers' liability _zUnited States _vCase studies. |
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_aIndustrial hygiene _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aRadium paint _xToxicology. |
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_aWatch dial painters _xDiseases _zUnited States _xHistory. |
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_aWomen employees _xDiseases _zUnited States. |
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_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xWar work _zUnited States. |
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_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xWomen _zUnited States. |
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