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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.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 214 cm.

Subject:

Watch dial painters--History.--United States--History.
Radium paint--Toxicology.
Consumers' leagues--United States--History.
Industrial hygiene--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--United States.
Watch dial painters--History.
Radium--Toxicology.
Cooperative societies--United States--History.
Women employees--History.--History.
World War, 1914-1918--Women.
World War, 1914-1918--War work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index.

Summary:

Explores the story of radium poisoning to young American women during WWI from the paint used on watch dials, and the ensuing legal consequences that occured as a result of these work health hazards.

Indexed by:

Library Journal Starred, February 2017
Booklist starred, March 2017
Publisher's Weekly, March 2017
Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), December 2017
Library Journal Starred
Booklist starred
Publisher's Weekly

ISBN:

1492650951
9781492650959

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