000 02364cam a2200409Ki 4500
001 985226750
003 OCoLC
005 20240501085448.0
008 170511s2018 iluacf b 001 0 eng d
020 _a1492650951
_q(paperback)
020 _a9781492650959
_q(paperback)
092 _a363.17990820973
100 1 _aMoore, Kate
_c(Writer and editor),
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe radium girls :
_bthe dark story of America's shining women /
_cKate Moore.
264 1 _aNaperville, Illinois :
_bSourcebooks,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c2018
300 _axviii, 477 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
340 _2rdaill
340 _2rdaill
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.
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.
521 8 _a980L
_bLexile
526 0 _aAccelerated Reader
_bUG
_c8.1
_d21
_z196201
650 0 _aWatch dial painters
_xDiseases
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRadium paint
_xToxicology.
650 0 _aConsumers' leagues
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aIndustrial hygiene
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xWomen
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xWar work
_zUnited States.
942 _2ddc
_cBKTMP
999 _c20
_d20