The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

The very thing that had made them feel alive - their work - was in fact slowly killing them: They had been poisoned by the radium paint. And so, in the face of unimaginable suffering - in the face of death - these courageous women refused to accept their fate quietly and instead became determined to fight for justice. They were the radium girls. As a war raged across the world, young American women flocked to work, painting watches, clocks, and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. Drawing on previously unpublished sources - including diaries, letters, and court transcripts as well as original interviews with the women's relatives - The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative account of an unforgettable true story. The year was 1917. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. Yet their employers denied all responsibility. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone br

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