The Radium Girls : The Dark Story Of America's Shining Women
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Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
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Large print edition
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725 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 21
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Large Print / NONFICTION
LP 363.1799 / MOORE, K / radium g
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Published
Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8.1, 21 Points

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Ordinary women in 1920s America. All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for. 'The first thing we asked was, "Does this stuff hurt you?" And they said, "No." The company said that it wasn't dangerous, that we didn't need to be afraid.' 1917. 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. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous - the girls themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in the dust from the paint. They were the radium girls. As the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. 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. Yet their employers denied all responsibility. 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. Drawing on previously unpublished sources - including diaries, letters and court transcripts, as well as original interviews with the women's relatives - The Radium Girls is an intimate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. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Moore, K. (2017). The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America's Shining Women (Large print edition). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moore, Kate. 2017. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America's Shining Women. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moore, Kate. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America's Shining Women Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.

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Moore, Kate. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story Of America's Shining Women Large print edition, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.

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