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Moore, Kate,
(Writer and editor),
author.
The radium girls :
the dark story of America's shining women /
Kate Moore.
Naperville, Illinois :
Sourcebooks,
[2018]
xviii, 477 pages :
illustrations ;
214 cm.
txt
rdacontent
n
rdamedia
nc
rdacarrier
Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-467) and index.
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.
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.
Adult
Follett Library Resources.
Adult.
20180226.
Watch dial painters
Diseases
United States
History.
Watch dial painters
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.
World War, 1914-1918
Women.
World War, 1914-1918
War work.
Radium
Toxicology.
Cooperative societies
United States
History.
Women employees
Health and hygiene
History.