Moore, Kate
The Radium Girls
- ISBN 13:
- 9781471153884
- author:
- Moore, Kate
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 480
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 13 x 2.9 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- History, General, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Radium Girls: They Paid with Their Lives. Their Final Fight Was for Justice by Kate Moore. In the early 20th century, young American women flocked to work in factories painting clocks, watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. The job was lucrative and glamorous, but it came with a deadly price. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. Their employers denied all responsibility, but these courageous women refused to accept their fate quietly. Instead, they became determined to fight for justice, driven by their own experiences of suffering and injustice. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries, letters and interviews, this book tells an intimate narrative of an unforgettable true story. The Radium Girls is a powerful tale of ordinary women who learned how to roar in the face of unimaginable hardship.
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