An edition of The radium girls (2016)

The radium girls

the dark story of America's shining women

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An edition of The radium girls (2016)

The radium girls

the dark story of America's shining women

  • 4.1 (11 ratings) ·
  • 67 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 17 Have read

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. 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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Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
479

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Cover of: The Radium Girls
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Americas Shining Women
Mar 01, 2021, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
Cover of: The Radium Girls
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Mar 06, 2018, Turtleback Books
library binding
Cover of: The Radium Girls
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
Aug 02, 2017, Highbridge Co
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Cover of: The radium girls
The radium girls: the dark story of America's shining women
2017, Sourcebooks, Inc.
in English
Cover of: Radium Girls
Radium Girls: They Paid with Their Lives. Their Final Fight Was for Justice
2016, Simon & Schuster, Limited
in English
Cover of: The Radium Girls
The Radium Girls
Jun 16, 2016, imusti, Simon & Schuster Ltd
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Book Details


Table of Contents

Pt. 1. Knowledge
Pt. 2. Power
Pt. 3. Justice
Epilogue
Postscript.

Edition Notes

"Originally published in 2016 in the United Kingdom by Simon & Schuster UK."--Title page verso.

Includes reading group guide, pages [409]-410.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-467) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
363.17/990820973
Library of Congress
HD6067.2.U6 M66 2017, HD6067.2.U6M66 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
479

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26882954M
Internet Archive
radiumgirlsdarks0000moor_k0f0
ISBN 10
149264935X
ISBN 13
9781492649359
LCCN
2016040681
OCLC/WorldCat
956341099

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